Parents’ talk and early literacy in preschool children

Abstract

In this research, children's early understanding of the functions of print and parents' mediation, talk about the purpose of writing, and their elaborative reminiscing talk was investigated in Persian preschoolers. The study was a mixed-method type of research. Preschool children (seventeen girls and thirteen boys) and their mothers participated in the study. In order to obtain data, they were involved in a task game (a grocery-list task) obtained from the experts and they discussed a past event together. Analyses of the obtained data revealed that children with better notating skills had parents who provided more assistance when notating and used more elaborative talk, but did not talk more about the purpose of writing. The results suggested that in pre-school years, what parents did and said may play a role in children's symbolic, numeracy, and literacy development, although it did not relate to children's mastery of the conventions of print. Finding this continuity is important because it helps researchers revise and bridge theories about parenting and children's early literacy and numeracy and symbolic development. Keywords: early literacy, prescholers, notating skillsHow to cite this paper: Dabiri, A. (2018

Bagaimana Literasi Dini dengan Cerita Sebelum Tidur?

“…Komunikasi antara orangtua dan anak itu memiliki peran pada perkembangan bahasa anak. Temuan penelitian sebelumnya menyatakan bahwa kegiatan dan segala yang diucapkan orang tua berperan dalam simbolik, berhitung, dan pengembangan literasi anak (Dabiri, 2018;Elya et al, 2019). Pengembangan literasi sejak dini melalui pembiasaan bercerita sebelum tidur (Nur Hidayah & Nurhadija, 2018;Ruiyat et al, 2019).…”

“…Sampai anak mulai paham huruf yang menyusun suatu kata. Pada penelitian dengan permainan tugas (tugas daftar belanjaan) ditemukan bahwa anak-anak dengan keterampilan mencatat yang lebih baik memiliki orang tua yang menyediakan lebih banyak bantuan ketika mencatat dan menggunakan pembicaraan yang lebih elaboratif, tetapi tidak berbicara lebih banyak tentang tujuan penulisan (Dabiri, 2018). Pembiasaan ibu sebelum bercerita merupakan bagian dari kegiatan elaborative.…”