TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Impact of Language on Child’s Literacy and Their Development Progress
AU - Alhalabi, Omar AU - Almuteire, Fawaz 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
SP  - 143
EP  - 149
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2021.143.149
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2021.143.149
KW  - language development
KW  -emergent literacy
KW  -children’s interest
KW  -Shared reading
KW  -metalingual utterances
AB  - Fifty-five children and their mothers were
studied longitudinally from 18-42 months to determine
the effects of home literacy practices, children’s interest
in reading and mother’s metalingual utterances during
reading on children’s expressive and receptive language
development, letter knowledge and knowledge of print
concepts. At 27 months, children’s interest and the rate of
mother’s metalingual utterances during shared reading
were assessed observationally and mothers reported their
home literacy practices. Children’s language development
was assessed at 30 and 42 months and their letter
knowledge and knowledge of print concepts were
assessed at 42 months. Children’s interest was strongly
associated with the rate of mother’s metalingual
utterances. Home literacy practices, children’s interest
and the rate of mother’s metalingual utterances all
predicted expressive language development. Home
literacy practices predicted receptive language
development and children’s interest predicted letter
knowledge. The relative contributions of children and
mothers to shared reading are discussed.
ER  -