[雙語翻譯]--學前教育外文翻譯--幼兒教師語言在戲劇表演中的運用（原文）

1、Full Terms child language; teacher’s language; preschool; vocabularyIntroductionPreschoolers’ language development is considered to be an important foundation for later reading development (Bracken 2005; Dickinson 2011;

2、 Dickinson et al. 2003; Dickinson and Porche 2011; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network 2005). Several studies have found that young children’s oral language skills predict their reading comprehension performance late

3、r in the elementary school years (Catts et al. 1999; Muter et al. 2004; Storch and Whitehurst 2002). This finding has led several researchers to investigate factors that impact young children’s language development. One

4、factor, among many, discovered to be related to children’s language development is children’s caregivers’ oral language proficiency (Dickinson 2011; Farkas and Beron 2004; Hart and Risley 1995; Hoff 2003; Pellegrini and

5、Galda 1993; Tudge and Rogoff 1989). Children’s language development is highly related to caregivers’ oral language pro- ficiency, specifically vocabulary (Farkas and Beron 2004; Hart and Risley 1995; Hoff 2003; Huttenloc

6、her et al. 2010) and syntax (Hoff-Ginsberg 1998; Huttenlocher et al. 2002). Most of the studies about the relationship between caregivers’ language input and children’s language development were based on parents’ and the

7、ir children’s language presumably because they were targeting children who were three-years-old or under. However, language and vocabulary development continue throughout early childhood, and 63.5% of children in the Uni

8、ted States between the ages of three and five were enrolled in a private/public nursery school or kindergarten, according to National Center for Education Statistics’ 2010 data (Snyder and Dillow 2011). Whereas with pare

9、ntal factors can account for variance in children’s language develop- ment, as they spend more time in out of home child care, teacher factors can also account for variance in children’s language development. Teachers ca