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Vocabulary development at home: a multimedia elaborated picture supporting parent-toddler interaction.
- Source :
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning; Dec2016, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p548-560, 13p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Illustrations, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Some children enter elementary school with large vocabulary delays, which negatively influence their later school performance. A rich home language environment can support vocabulary development through frequent high-quality parent-toddler interaction. Elaborated picture home activities can support this rich home language environment. This study compares the effects of a multimedia versus a paper elaborated picture on the parent-toddler interaction and toddlers' vocabulary development. In a within-subjects design, 20 toddlers (age 3-4) discussed a multimedia and a paper elaborated picture with a parent. Results showed that toddlers knew significantly more words (receptively and expressively) after both activities. Moreover, the improvement in receptive vocabulary knowledge was significantly larger with the multimedia elaborated picture compared with the paper-based picture. In addition, both parent and toddler engaged in a significant higher level of decontextualized language in response to multimedia. The present study shows that multimedia elaborated pictures can support parents at home to engage in a parent-toddler interaction that is richer and supports the development of receptive vocabulary more compared with traditional paper-based activities. In the future, multimedia-based home activities for toddlers' vocabulary development, supporting parent-child interaction, can be offered relatively cheap and easily via internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EARLY childhood vocabulary education
PARENT-child communication
MULTIMEDIA systems in education
CHILDREN
PRESCHOOL children
EARLY childhood education
PRESCHOOL education
PARENT-child relationships
LANGUAGE & languages
LEARNING strategies
LITERACY
MULTIMEDIA systems
PROBABILITY theory
HOME environment
PRE-tests & post-tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02664909
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119309706
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12150