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dc.contributor.author | Strauss, Annaly Magda![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bipath, Keshni![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-25T12:38:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-25T12:38:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this article is to explore the correlation between Namibian preprimary and Grade 1 parents’ demographic characteristics and print and digital reading practices in home environments. A quasi-experimental descriptive research design was selected to launch this investigation in the Khomas region. Survey data documented the relationship between parents’ demographic variables and print and digital reading behaviours. The study tested the null-hypothesis (Hₒ: u1 = u2) and non-directional hypothesis (Hₒ: X1 ≠X2). The underlying assumption is that parents home reading practices positively impact children’s early language and literacy development. The findings reveal that there is no significant relationship between age, gender, education, family size, and employment status, with print and digital reading behaviours that influence children’s emergent language and literacy development in home environments. In a Chi-Square test, the null hypothesis was rejected for age, gender, education, family size, and employment status, but retained and positively correlated to marital status, child reading behaviour, and parents’ book, magazine and newspaper reading behaviour. The implication is that when parents buy print materials for home reading purposes and engage their children in pleasurable reading experiences, their children are more likely to be supported at home to influence favourable language and literacy outcomes in school. The study contributes to family literacy literature and highlights the relationship between parents’ reading behaviours and children’s emergent language and literacy development. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Early Childhood Education | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | hj2021 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://www.ajol.info//index.php/jlt | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Strauss, A.M. & Bipath, K. 2020, 'Exploring the influence of parents’ home reading practices on emergent literacy', Journal for Language Teaching, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 195–213, https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jlt.v54i1.5. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9570 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4314/jlt.v54i1.5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79117 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | South African Association for Language Teaching | en_ZA |
dc.rights | South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Emergent literacy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Home environment | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Parents | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Print reading | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Digital reading | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Reading behaviours | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic status (SES) | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Education articles SDG-01 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-01: No poverty | |
dc.subject.other | Education articles SDG-04 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
dc.subject.other | Education articles SDG-05 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-05: Gender equality | |
dc.subject.other | Education articles SDG-10 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | |
dc.title | Exploring the influence of parents’ home reading practices on emergent literacy | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |