Does socioeconomic level have an effect on school-age language skills in a developed country?

Socioeconomic status (SES) has been reported in several contexts as a predictor of child language skills. This study questions whether this holds true for New Zealand, a developed country in which government provides funding for additional academic support to low-SES schoolchildren. The language of...

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Main Author: van Dulm, Ondene
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2016-12-01
Series:Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus
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Online Access:https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/667