EDST2003 Lecture 6: 03 6
o Findings:
• ▪ Ordinary families differ immensely in the amount of experience with
language and interaction they regularly provide their children
• ▪ Diffeees i hilde’s epeiee ae stogl liked to hilde’s laguage
accomplishments at age 3
• ▪ Children grow more like their parents in stature and activity levels, in vocabulary
resources, and in language and interaction styles
• ▪ By the time the children were 3 years old, trends in amount of talk, vocabulary growth,
and style of interaction were well established and clearly suggested widening gaps to come.
• ▪ Level of experience can vary greatly.
• Implications
o Goalofintervention=toeualizehilde’sealepeiee,
▪ Implication: need to estimate the amount of experience children of different SES groups might
bring to an intervention
o Iifa,ealallofhilde’sepeieeisediatedadultsioe-to-one interactions permeated
with affect.
• ▪ Independence increasesgain access to more opportunities for experience.
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