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INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS
ABOUT THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOLERS Yan Jun School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences,
Guangzhou, China Objective:
1.To explore which factors can influence
language development of preschool children. 2. To describe how these
factors influence language development of preschool children. Methods: During May 2000 to September 2000, investigate
80(male: 44; female: 36) 3-6 years old children in a kindergarten in
Guangzhou City, China. The researcher used the Wechseler Preschool and
Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) to determine the language
intelligence quotient (IQ) of these children, and divided these children
into two groups according to their language IQ score: high score group and
low score group. Then used the questionnaire developed by the researcher to
investigate these children’ general situation (including 5 items) and
social-family situation (including 16 items), calculated the X2
of these two groups, and compare if there was some differences between
them. Results:
Among the general situation, there was
significant difference between these two groups in these items (p<0.05):
age of entering the kindergarten, how long the child stay in the
kindergarten, and his/her nutritional situation. Among the social-family
situation, there was significant difference between these two groups in
these items (P<0.05): parents’ occupation and educational situtation,
whether or not parents often read child-rearing books, educational
sutuation and language of the child’s nurse, parents’drinking and smoking
situation, whether or not family members often talk with the child, whom
the child often play with, whether or not the child often watch TV, and
prenatal education. Conclusions:
The result of this study showed that among
the general situation, these factors can influence preschoolers’ language
development: age of entering the kindergarten, how long the child stay in
the kindergarten, and his/her nutritional situation. Meanwhile, among the
social-family situation, these factors can influence their language
development: parents’ occupation and educational situation, whether or not
parents often read child-rearing books, educational situation and language
of the child’s nurse, parents’ drinking and smoking situation, whether or
not family members often talk with the child, whom the child often play
with, whether or not the child often watch TV, and prenatal education.