研究生: |
賴婉君 Wan-Chun Lai |
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論文名稱: |
學習手語對嬰幼兒語言溝通能力及親子互動關係之影響 The Effects of Learning Signs on Infant’s Language Communication Skills and Parent-Infant Interaction |
指導教授: |
周育如
Yu-Ju Chou |
口試委員: | |
學位類別: |
碩士 Master |
系所名稱: |
竹師教育學院 - 幼兒教育學系 Early Childhood Education |
論文出版年: | 2016 |
畢業學年度: | 104 |
語文別: | 中文 |
論文頁數: | 134 |
中文關鍵詞: | 語言溝通 、親子互動 、嬰兒手語 、嬰幼兒 |
外文關鍵詞: | language communication skills, parent-child interaction, baby signs, infants |
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本研究旨在探討學習嬰兒手語對於嬰幼兒語言溝通能力及親子互動之影響。以參與嬰兒手語課程之20位8到16個月大之嬰幼兒為實驗組,未參與課程之20位嬰幼兒為控制組,以「華語嬰幼兒溝通發展量表」及「C-CARES親子互動評估量表」為工具,比較其在參與嬰兒手語課程之前測、後測與追蹤測中,語言溝通能力及親子互動表現之差異。
研究結果發現,在語言溝通能力方面,嬰兒手語課程對於嬰幼兒「詞彙理解」與「詞彙表達」的能力可以在短時間內透過密集而有效的互動予以增進,但「對日常用語的理解」和「溝通意圖的表現」需要一段時間的蘊釀,兩組嬰幼兒在追蹤測的「對日常用語的理解」、「詞彙理解」、「詞彙表達」和「溝通意圖的表現」皆有進步,但是實驗組嬰幼兒的進步情形大於控制組的嬰幼兒。
在親子互動關係方面,由於本研究依據不同月齡將嬰幼兒分為嬰兒組及學步兒組,嬰兒組的月齡為十二個月以下,學步兒組的年齡則是在十二個月以上。嬰兒手語課程對於嬰兒本身的「堅持/專注力」、嬰兒版照顧者的「負向行為互動」、學步兒本身的「情感依附/協調」以及「正向行為互動」與學步兒版照顧者的「正向心理互動」和「正向行為互動」,有立即性的影響。
在追蹤測時,嬰兒本身的「正向心理互動」、「堅持性/專注力」、「玩玩具」、「和照顧者一同參與」以及「正向行為互動」的表現優於控制組,在「負向影響(負向心理互動)」的成績下降幅度也較控制組明顯。嬰兒版照顧者方面的「回應嬰兒口語行為」、「負向影響(負向心理互動)」、「參與度」、「戲弄」、「干擾」、「侷限」和「負向行為互動」皆有顯著影響。對於學步兒本身的「溝通量」、「語言品質」、「正向語言互動」、「正向心理互動」和「堅持性/專注力」,以及照顧者的「負向口頭陳述(負向語言互動)」、「負向接觸」、「建構」和「侷限」皆需要一段時間才能顯現出來,其主因在於嬰幼兒的發展及學習及親子互動是需要時間醞釀並培養其能力才能顯現出來。
本研究之結果除了增進吾人對嬰幼兒語言發展機制及親子互動關係之瞭解,也可提供父母及嬰幼兒相關教育工作者之參考。
The main purpose of this study is to understand the effects of learning baby signs on infants’ language communication skills and parent-child interaction. First, investigate the 40 children who did and did not participate in baby signs course using Mandarin-Chinese Communicative Developmental Inventory’s data to analyze the effects on their language communication skills. Second, investigate the 40 children who did and did not participate in baby signs course using Caregiver-Child Affect, Responsiveness, and Engagement Scale (C-CARES) to analyze and study the video-taped parent-child interaction.
The study indicated that in terms of language communication skills, baby signs course is able to improve infant’s “Vocabulary Comprehension” and “Vocabulary Production” through concentrated and efficient interaction in a short period of time. On the other hand, “Understanding of Daily Expressions” and “Expression of Communicative Intents” require a longer period of time to be improved. Both groups of infants improved on “Understanding of Daily Expressions”, “Vocabulary Comprehension” and “Expression of Communicative Intents”, but the experimental group improved more than the control group.
In parent-child interaction, the research groups the infants into infant group and child group based on their ages. The infant group are under 12 months old, and the child group are over 12 months old. Baby sign course has an instant affect on infants’ “Persistence”; caregivers of the infant group’s “Negative Interactive Behavior”; children’s “Emotional Attunement” and “Positive Interactive Behavior”; caregivers of the child group’s “Positive Psychological Behavior” and “Positive Interactive Behavior”.
During follow-up test, the experimental group performed better than the control group on infants’ “Positive Interactive Behavior”, “Persistence”, “Involvement with toys”, “Participation with Caregiver”, and “Positive Interactive Behavior”. The score decline on “Negative Affect” is also more evident than the control group. Caregivers of the infant group were significantly affected on “Responsiveness to Vocalizations”, “Negative Affect”, “Participation”, “Teasing”, “Intrusiveness”, “Negatively Loaded on Flexibility”, and “Negative Interactive Behavior”. As for the child group’s “Amount of Communication”, “Quality of Language”, “Positive Interactive Behavior”, “Positive Psychological Behavior” and “Persistence”; caregivers’ “Negative Verbal Statements”, “Negative Touch”, “Structuring”, and “Negatively Loaded on Flexibility”, all require a longer period of time to show the difference. The main reason is that infants’ development and learning; parent-child interaction require more time and training for the results to be shown.
This study not only improved my own understanding of infant language development institutions and parent-child interactions, but also provides references for parents and infant educators.
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