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   
 
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