A Correlation between Speaking Ability and Certain Home Variables: A Comparison of Research in Two Cultures.

Autor/inn/en	Casambre, Alejandro J.; Angeles-Agravante, Josefina
Titel	A Correlation between Speaking Ability and Certain Home Variables: A Comparison of Research in Two Cultures.
Quelle	(1976), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Communication (Thought Transfer); Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Differences; Family Characteristics; Family Environment; Family (Sociological Unit); Language Research; Language Usage; Models; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Status; Speech Communication; Speech Skills; Theories; Verbal Communication; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kultureller Unterschied; Familienmilieu; Familie; Sprachforschung; Sprachgebrauch; Analogiemodell; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Theory; Theorie; Philippinen
Abstract	In the Philippines, where speech communication as a field of study is barely emerging from the traditional treatment of speech as an art to speech as a behavior, researchers are faced with the problems of adopting or adapting theories and research methodology developed in another culture and/or developing a strictly generic theory, research methodology, and measuring instruments. This paper explores the applicability in the Philippine setting of a theoretical framework, and research methodology and instruments developed in and previously applied in the United States and England regarding the relationship between speaking ability and the home variables of socio-economic status, home environment, and family composition. The results of the study show a significant correlation between socio-economic status and speaking ability and between home environment and speaking ability. These results support the findings of similar studies in the United States and England and, therefore, indicate that a theoretical framework may be used with some generality beyond the limits of a Western culture. However, the obverse findings regarding the effect of family composition on speaking ability may also be an indication that some cultural variations permeate the factors affecting speaking ability. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC