Dana Bitetti|Carol Scheffner Hammer
The Home Literacy Environment and the English Narrative Development of Spanish–English Bilingual Children
Temple University|Columbia University
purpose purpose study examine impact home literacy environment hle english narrative development spanishenglish bilingual children lowincome backgrounds method longitudinal data collected 81 bilingual children preschool 1st grade english narrative skills assessed fall spring year microstructure measures included mean length utterance morphemes number different words narrative scoring scheme heilmann miller nockerts amp dunaway 2010 measured macrostructure fall childrens mothers reported frequency literacy activities number childrens books home growth curve modeling used describe childrens narrative development impact hle time results significant growth occurred narrative measures hle affect microstructure growth frequency mothers read children positive impact growth childrens total narrative scoring scheme scores aspects hle frequency mothers told stories affect macrostructure development conclusions results provide information development english narrative abilities demonstrate importance frequent book reading overall narrative quality children spanishspeaking homes learning english