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A Preliminary Examination of Vocabulary and Word Learning in African American Toddlers from Middle and Low Socioeconomic Status Homes
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Horton-Ikard, RaMonda; Weismer, Susan Ellis – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: This study examined the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the early lexical performance of African American children. Method: Thirty African American toddlers (30 to 40 months old) from low-SES (n = 15) and middle-SES (n = 15) backgrounds participated in the study. Their lexical-semantic performance was examined on 2 norm-referenced…
Descriptors: African American Children, Toddlers, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development