Communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and receptive language levels of their children

• Maide Orçan

  Selçuk University

• Canan Yıldız Çiçekler

  Selçuk University

• Neriman Aral

  Ankara University

The communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and the receptive language levels of their children were compared. The analysis was based on a relational scanning model, and conducted on 28 Roma and 29 non-Roma mothers and their children aged between 5 and 6 years, who live in Konya, Turkey. The Communication Skills Rating Scale (Korkut, 1996) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT; Dunn, 1959) were used and data were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results indicate that in terms of communication skills of mothers, and their children’s receptive language levels, non-Roma mothers and their children have using significantly higher skill levels.

1. Maide Orçan, Selçuk University
   Department of Child Development and Education
2. Canan Yıldız Çiçekler, Selçuk University
   Department of Child Development and Education
3. Neriman Aral, Ankara University
   Department of Child Development

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