中部地區幼兒3C產品使用情形與其語言理解及表達之相關研究

A Research of the Relationship between Use of Consumer Electronics and Language Comprehension and Expression among Young Children in Central Taiwan

本研究之目的為瞭解中部地區幼兒3C產品使用情形與其語言理解及表達之現況，並探討不同背景變項的幼兒，其在3C產品使用情形與其語言理解及表達之差異性及相關性。採問卷調查法，以中部地區3-6歲幼兒園之幼兒為研究對象，使用自編問卷為研究工具，採分層隨機抽樣方式共發出1,080份問卷，回收樣本數973份，有效樣本數903份。研究結果如下：一、中部地區幼兒3C產品使用情形屬中等程度偏佳，幼兒3C產品使用情形最不正確的是「使用手機及收看電視的習慣與時間」，其次依序為「使用3C產品的原因」、「使用電腦的習慣與時間」及「使用3C產品的方式」；幼兒語言理解及表達能力達佳之程度，得分最佳之分量表為「口語及肢體的理解」，其次依序為「口語及肢體的表達」及「圖像符號與文字功能的理解與表達」；二、幼兒3C產品使用情形會因主要照顧者與幼兒關係、教育程度、職業、幼兒第一次使用3C產品的年齡不同達顯著差異；三、幼兒語言理解及表達因其年齡、第一次使用3C產品的年齡，以及主要照顧者與幼兒關係、教育程度、年齡、職業、家庭總收入不同，有顯著差異；四、幼兒3C產品使用情形與其語言理解及表達呈現顯著低度負相關。依據研究結果，提出具體建議供幼兒主要照顧者及教育相關單位參考。

This study explored young children’s use of consumer electronicsand language comprehension and expression in central Taiwan. Difference and correlation between the use of consumer electronics and their language comprehension and expression among children of different demographic variables were identified. A self-developed questionnaire was administered to investigate young children aged 3–6 years in preschools in central Taiwan. Stratified random sampling was adopted and a total of 1,080 questionnaire copies were distributed. A total of 973 responses were collected, and the number of valid responses was 903.The results indicated the following. 1.The use of consumer electronics among young children in central Taiwan reached scores of moderate to favorable level. The most frequently-reported aspects of inadequate consumer electronics use among the young children were “habits and time of mobile phone use and TV watching,” followed by “causes of using consumer electronics,” “habits and time of computer use,” and “methods of using consumer electronics.” The young children’slanguage comprehension and expression abilities reached a favorable level. The aspect with the most favorable level was “verbal and nonverbal comprehension,” followed by “verbal and nonverbal expression,” and “comprehension and expression of graphic symbols and textual functions.” 2.The use of consumer electronics differed significantly among the young children because of factors such as relationship between the primary caregiver and the young child, primary caregiver’s education level, primary caregiver’s occupation, and the age when the young child first used consumer electronics. 3.The young children’s language comprehension and expression abilities differed significantly among children with different demographic factors such as age, the age when the child first used consumer electronics, relationship between the primary caregiver and the child, primary caregiver’s education level, primary caregiver’s age, primary caregiver’s occupation, and total household income. 4.The young children’s use of consumer electronics was significantly and modestly negatively correlated with their language comprehension and expression. According to the results, concrete suggestions were proposed as references for primary caregivers of young children and relevant education agencies.