eprintid: 1536711 rev_number: 23 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/53/67/11 datestamp: 2017-01-22 00:00:51 lastmod: 2020-02-12 19:29:01 status_changed: 2017-03-13 15:37:30 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Kucirkova, N creators_name: Messer, D creators_name: Sheehy, K title: Reading personalized books with preschool children enhances their word acquisition ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J77 keywords: Personalization, shared book reading, vocabulary, word acquisition note: © The Author(s) 2014. abstract: This study examines whether books that contain personalized content are better facilitators of young children's word acquisition than books which are not personalized for a child. In a repeated-measures experimental design, 18 children (mean age 3;10) were read a picture book which contained both personalized and non-personalized sections, with unknown, real, target words embedded in each section. The book was read to the children on two occasions, with a one-week gap between each session. There were three testing points and these took place after the first reading session, just before the second reading session and immediately after the second reading session. At each testing point the children's knowledge of the new words was assessed with picture comprehension, definition and emotional valence tests. The findings revealed that, at the second and third testing points, the children showed significantly better knowledge about the words that were in the personalized sections of the books than the words in the non-personalized sections. The implications of these findings for future book reading research and practice are discussed. © The Author(s) 2014. date: 2014-01-01 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723714534221 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1202853 doi: 10.1177/0142723714534221 lyricists_name: Kucirkova, Natalia lyricists_id: NKUCI20 actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie actors_id: MDDEW97 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: First Language volume: 34 number: 3 pagerange: 227-243 issn: 1740-2344 citation: Kucirkova, N; Messer, D; Sheehy, K; (2014) Reading personalized books with preschool children enhances their word acquisition. First Language , 34 (3) pp. 227-243. 10.1177/0142723714534221 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723714534221>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1536711/1/Kucirkova_FL%20Main_document_1%204%2013.pdf