從娃娃抓起 研究稱2歲時口語詞彙量決定未來

Your child's vocabulary at age two could reveal their future success, researchers have claimed.
研究人員聲稱，你家孩子兩歲時的詞彙量會揭示未來的成功。

They found children with better academic and behavioural functioning when they started kindergarten often had better educational and societal opportunities as they grew up.
他們發現孩子開始上幼兒園時，學術和行爲機能更好的人隨着年齡成長，也將擁有更好的教育和社會機遇。

They say children entering kindergarten with higher reading and math achievements are more likely to go to college, own homes, be married, and live in higher-income neighbourhoods as adults.
他們說進入幼兒園時，閱讀和數學水平更高的孩子更有可能上大學、買房子、結婚、成年之後住進高檔小區。

It found that children with larger oral vocabularies by age 2 arrived at kindergarten better prepared academically and behaviourally than their peers.
研究發現：2歲時口語詞彙量更大的孩子進入幼兒園時在學習和行爲上要比同齡孩子準備得更好。

The study was conducted by researchers at the Pennsylvania State University, the University of California, Irvine, and Columbia University, who analysed nationally representative data for 8,650 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal study, and appears in the journal Child Development.
這項研究由賓夕法尼亞州立大學、加州大學歐文分校和哥倫比亞大學的研究人員引導，他們分析了《幼兒教育長期研究》上全國8650個孩子具有代表性的數據，研究發表在了《兒童發展》雜誌上。

Adds George Farkas, professor of education at the University of California, Irvine, who coauthored the study: 'These oral vocabulary gaps emerge as early as 2 years.
喬治·法卡斯是加州大學歐文分校的教育學教授，也是此次研究的合作者，他補充說：“這些口語詞彙量的差別早在2歲時就出現了。”

'Early interventions that effectively increase the size of children's oral vocabulary may help at-risk 2-year-olds subsequently enter kindergarten classrooms better prepared academically and behaviourally. '
“早期干預能有效擴充孩子的口語詞彙量，從而也許能幫助有困難的2歲兒童隨後進入幼兒園時，從學術和行爲上做更好的準備。”