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http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/khea.2012.50.8.065

Effects of Experiences in Child-Care Centers on Communication Ability of Children from Multi-Cultural Families: The Moderating Effect of Mothers' Korean Fluency  

Lim, Yang Mi (Department of Home Economics Education, Jeonju University)
Park, Ju Hee (Department of Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association / v.50, no.8, 2012 , pp. 65-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate how mothers' Korean fluency and children's experiences in child-care centers influenced the communication ability of children from multi-cultural families. The subjects were 600 children from multi-cultural families who enrolled in child-care centers in Gyeonggi province, their mothers, and 350 teachers caring for these children. The data were collected by administrating a questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics and hierarchical regressions. The results of this study were as follows. The mothers' Korean fluency, number of years children had attended child-care centers, and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families all had positive effects on children's general and oral communication ability. On the other hand, the number of years that the children had attended child-care centers had no significant effect on the children's written communication ability, but the mothers' Korean fluency and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families had positive effects on children's written communication ability. Finally, the mothers' Korean fluency moderated the effects of children's child-care experiences on their communication ability. Specifically, the more fluent the mothers' Korean, the stronger the effects of children's child-care experiences on their communication ability.
Keywords
communication ability of children from multi-cultural families; mothers' Korean fluency; children's experiences in child-care centers;
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