Hábitos lectores y titulación de los padres en la percepción de la competencia comunicativa de futuros maestros.

INTRODUCTION. This study aims to know to what extent the variables 'love of reading in the family' and 'parents' educational level' may have an impact on the perception of communicative competence in university students participating in this study. METHOD. 361 Primary Education Degree students coming from two Spanish universities participated in the study. A descriptive-transversal design was used for the study consisting of a contingency analysis. Three competence units were defined through factorial analysis: effective oral communication in the classroom, register adequacy and effective production of written texts. RESULTS. The results clearly show the influence of the variable 'love of reading in the family' in the analyzed dimensions. On the contrary, no relation is detected between these dimensions and the variable 'parents' educational level'. DISCUSSION. The fact that this variable does not have the same incidence can be explained, precisely, because it is does not function as a model, as it is not directly related to the practice of the competence analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]