[OPE] Verbalization and class

> From: adsl675281@telfort.nl
> Subject: Verbalization and class
> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:32:13 +0200
>
> Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley's landmark 1995 book, "Meaningful
> Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children,"
> shows that parents who supply a language-rich environment for their
> children help them develop a wide vocabulary, and that helps them
> learn to read. The book connects language use at home with
> socioeconomic status. According to its findings, children in higher
> socioeconomic homes hear an average of 2,153 words an hour, whereas
> those in working-class households hear only about 1,251; children
> in the study whose parents were on welfare heard an average of 616
> words an hour.
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/garden/10childtech.html?pagewanted=2&ref=homepage&src=me>
>
> It's not clear to me (not having read the book) whether it would be
> also quite possible for parents to say more with less words, or say
> more non-verbally. But having more words does seem to pay off.
>
> Jurriaan
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Received on Fri Jun 11 20:34:48 2010