The direction of the relation between oral communicative competence and social preference in early childhood classrooms,and the role of dialogic classroom talk |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Educational Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Educational and Family Studies, Clinical Child and Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;4. Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Urban Care & Education, Almere, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveThe present study investigated the direction of the relation between oral communicative competence and social preference in early childhood classrooms. Additionally, we explored the role of dialogic classroom talk in this relation.MethodsN = 311 children (aged four to seven) participated. Oral communicative competence was measured with the Nijmegen Test for Pragmatics and social preference was assessed with a peer nomination method (both constructs measured at two timepoints).ResultsOutcomes of cross-lagged analyses demonstrated a directional link from social preference to oral communicative competence, but not the other way around. There were no differences in the relation between the two constructs between classrooms in which dialogic classroom talk was implemented and classrooms in which it was not.ConclusionThis study seems to indicate the importance of children's social preference for developing adequate communicative abilities. |
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| Keywords: | Early childhood education Oral communicative competence Social preference Dialogic classroom talk Peer relationships |
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