Journal article
Facilitating children's understanding of questions trough pictures: Implications of social class language differences
First Language (Full Text), Vol.3, pp.121-138
1982
Abstract
The effects of pictorialization on low- and middle-social class (SES) children's comprehension of wh- questions was examined. Sixty middleand 60 low-SES children, aged 3;6 to 5;2, were asked to respond to six types of wh- questions in two stimulus conditions. The pictures in Stimulus I contained information to answer more than one wh -question. The pictures in Stimulus II contained information to answer only one wh -question. Both SES groups answered significantly more questions in Stimulus II. Examination of simple effects indicated that middle-SES children benefited from pictorial support on comprehending the later developed wh- words representing abstract linguistic constructs (why, how, when ) while low-SES children benefited on comprehending early acquired wh-words (who, what, where
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- Title
- Facilitating children's understanding of questions trough pictures: Implications of social class language differences
- Creators
- Dominic F Gullo
- Publication Details
- First Language (Full Text), Vol.3, pp.121-138
- Publisher
- Sage Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Identifiers
- 991020531839204721