摘要:Relationships between immigrant mothers’ Korean language ability and preschoolers’ language development in multi-cultural families were studied with 91 mothers and their children. Language capacity of mothers and children was measured by receptive and expressive vocabulary test,sentence comprehension test and two kinds of reading tests. Results showed that mothers’ level of comprehension was relatively low but their reading ability was higher than that of elementary school first-grade Korean students. Comprehension of children in multi-cultural families with non-immigrant counterpans showed a lower level of language ability. Mother’s level of expressive vocabulary,receptive vocabulary and reading ability correlated with children’s language development. These results indicate a relationship between children’s delayed language development in multi-cultural families and mother’s low proficiency in Korean language.
关键词:multi-cultural family;marriage immigrant women;Korean Language ability;preschoolers` Language development