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Lennox, Sandra – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
Enhancing young children's early literacy achievement is a top priority in many countries. There is a considerable body of research demonstrating young children's language development as a critical factor in reading and later academic success. Implementation of high quality literacy instruction has the potential to improve literacy…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Emergent Literacy, Oral Reading, Language Acquisition
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Opel, Aftab; Ameer, Syeda Saadia; Aboud, Frances E. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
The purpose of the study was to examine the efficacy of a 4-week dialogic reading intervention with rural Bangladeshi preschoolers with the intention of increasing their expressive vocabulary. Eighty preschoolers randomly selected from five preschools participated in the 4-week program. Their expressive vocabulary, measured in terms of…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Shared Book Reading" is a general practice aimed at enhancing young children's language and literacy skills and their appreciation of books. Typically, "Shared Book Reading" involves an adult reading a book to one child or a small group of children without requiring extensive interactions from them. Three studies of…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Preschool Children, Oral Language, Language Processing