ERIC Number: EJ1229675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
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Computerized Electronic Features Direct Children's Attention to Print in Single- and Dual-Language e-Books
Yow, W. Quin; Priyashri, Sridhar
AERA Open, v5 n3 Jul-Sep 2019
There has been a rapid proliferation of electronic books in recent years. Given that dual-language books may impose extra cognitive load on children's information processing capacity, we investigated whether multimedia features in e-books (i.e., audio narration and tracking animation) were effective in directing preschoolers' attention to print in the target language. Seventy-one English-and-Mandarin speaking 4- to 6-year-olds were presented with single-language and dual-language e-books (with and without enhancing features) on a computer fitted with an eye tracker to read independently. Children attended more to their dominant language text than the other when reading dual-language texts silently but comparably in single-language texts. Most importantly, enhancing electronic features with synchronized dual-channel (visual and audio) inputs and attention-guiding cues effectively directed children's attention to print in both their dominant and nondominant languages. These findings provide important implications on how computerized electronic books affect children's attention to print and in turn support the development of children's emergent literacy.
Descriptors: Books, Printed Materials, Electronic Publishing, Cues, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Language Dominance, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Ability, Multimedia Materials, Audio Equipment, Eye Movements, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language), Attention, Visual Stimuli, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Bilingual Education, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Word Recognition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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