Parental Support for Young Learners of English - An Underestimated Contributor to Success

The aim of the research was to solve a problem of sustaining and developing foreign language skills and abilities by young learners during long-lasting summer holidays. The analysis of the current situation in Ukrainian education sector showed that reading a book continues to be one of the few tools for English revision in summer. There has been little research targeting on studying the impact of summer reading on young learners’ foreign language acquisition, so the experiment in which 240 young learners (aged 8-9) took part was conducted. Both the experimental (n=120) and control (n=120) groups were pre-tested and post-tested in May and September 2019 respectively, and the children’s skills and abilities in reading comprehension, vocabulary, speaking, writing and creativity were checked. The data obtained before the experiment showed almost the similar level of language acquisition in both groups. The results of the experiment indicated significant progress of the participants of the experimental group in every aspect of English. The main factors which played the crucial role in young learners’ enhancements were access to English readers, comprehensibility of the reading materials which were elaborated specially for the children’s language needs, interesting topics, reading for pleasure and enjoyment without tasks, tests or marks, and parental support. These results proved the reasonability of integrating summer reading in teaching foreign languages in primary school and induced the creation of English readers for all grades of elementary education.

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Parental Support in Babyhood Means Better-Behaved Children

Pediatric News ◽

10.1016/s0031-398x(05)70724-4 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 39 (11) ◽

pp. 32

Author(s):

MICHELE G. SULLIVAN

Keyword(s):

Parental Support

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Parenting and Adolescents’ Sexual Development in Western Societies

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000031 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 21-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Hanneke de Graaf ◽

Ine Vanwesenbeeck ◽

Liesbeth Woertman ◽

Wim Meeus

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Sexual Development ◽

Parental Support ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Sexual Practices ◽

Psychosexual Development ◽

First Sexual Intercourse ◽

Parenting Influences ◽

Reciprocal Associations

This review examines associations between parenting styles and the psychosexual development of adolescents. Methods and results of empirical studies of associations between parental support, control, and knowledge and the sexual behavior and sexual health of adolescents are described and evaluated. The results show that, in general, higher scores on support, control, and knowledge relate to a delay of first sexual intercourse, safer sexual practices, and higher sexual competence. Despite the vast amount of literature on this subject, the majority of these studies focus on single dimensions of parenting and unidirectional parenting influences. This review generates hypotheses regarding interactions of different parenting styles and reciprocal associations between parents and their children. There is a need for more dynamic, dialectical studies of parenting, and children’s sexual development.

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