Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant relationship between
different young mothers’ social classes and children’s language learning. According to
this research goal, this study is eager to answer the two major research questions: (a)
Is there any significant difference between middle-class and working-class mothers’
speech? (b) Is there any significant relationship between different social class mothers’
input and their children’s language acquisition? All of the subjects were selected from
a kindergarten. The researcher chose 2-6 year-old children as subjects. They were
eight boys and two girls. At each age, she chose two children. One was from a middle
class family and the other was from a working class one. The criteria for classifying
were the degree of education, career and income. About middle-class family, the
parents were graduated from college. Also their careers were professionals, managers
or owners. On the contrary, about working class family, their educational background
was under college and their careers were like clerk, skilled manual workers or labors.
The researcher used T-test to examine the difference among different social class
mothers. In addition, Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to examine the
significant relationship between young mothers and children.
