title: [Language development in children with migration background and parental reading to children].
abstract: The majority of children with a migration background suffer from language deficits in one or both languages. The aim of our study was to describe the patterns of language acquisition in children with Turkish background in Austria and to find factors which influence these Patterns.
  
  
  
  Fifty-two children at the age of 5 to 6 years and their parents were assessed. Inclusion criteria for parents were Turkish migration background and use of Turkish at home. Inclusion criteria for children: no hearing impairment, no blindness, no chronic disease, average cognitive development, born in Austria, and attending a kindergarten. Language competence was measured with Havas 5. Parents were administered a questionnaire about socio-demographics and their child centered literacy orientation (CCLO).
  
  
  
  There was a significant difference between language patterns in Turkish and German. Moreover, language competence was higher in both Turkish and German, the more parents tended to read to their children in Turkish.
  
  
  
  Children acquired a grammatically correct but simple Turkish, while their competence in German was reduced. Reading to the children seems to stimulate language development not only of their natural language, but also of German.
  
  
  
  Early literacy in migrant languages should be integrated in training programs.
authors.affiliation: 1 Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Tagesklinische Station für Pädiatrische Psychosomatik, Medizinische Universität Wien.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eisenwort
authors.affiliation: 1 Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Tagesklinische Station für Pädiatrische Psychosomatik, Medizinische Universität Wien.
authors.forename: Hacire
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.affiliation: 1 Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Tagesklinische Station für Pädiatrische Psychosomatik, Medizinische Universität Wien.
authors.forename: Symeyye Nur
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yesilyurt
authors.affiliation: 2 Unit Suizidforschung, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Zentrum für Public Health, Medizinische Universität Wien.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Till
authors.affiliation: 1 Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Tagesklinische Station für Pädiatrische Psychosomatik, Medizinische Universität Wien.
authors.forename: Claudia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Klier
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D019303:Multilingualism; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011932:Reading; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Turkish migration background; bilingual language development; language pattern; reading