ERIC Number: EJ1363469
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2155-7098
EISSN: EISSN-2155-7101
To What Extent Do Pictures Support Malaysian Children's Comprehension of Stories? An Eye-Tracking Experiment
Sue, Chee Hao; Thang, Siew Ming; Wong, Hoo Keat; Tan, Jennifer Poh Sim; Loo, Fung Lan; Ahju, Rosalind
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, v12 n4 Article 80 2022
Many studies have been conducted on the development of young children; however, not many have explored the cognitive processes of prereaders. The eye-tracker has been used with success to investigate the cognitive processes of young children abroad, but such studies are lacking in Malaysia. This study used an experimental procedure created with eye-tracking technology on 22 prereaders (aged 5 to 6) in a Malaysian kindergarten. The prereaders were exposed to four conditions: (1) listening to narration and viewing a congruent picture with text, (2) listening to narration and viewing an incongruent picture with text, (3) viewing a picture with text without narration, and (4) listening to narration and viewing a text. The main objective of this project is to test which content of pictures helps the students understand the narration and the text, and how they use visual attention to build a better understanding. The findings revealed that children strongly preferred pictures to texts, but when the narration was not present, they spent more time looking at the text.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Eye Movements, Preferences, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Narration, Written Language, Comparative Analysis, Visual Perception, Reading Comprehension, Story Reading, Listening Skills, Task Analysis, Picture Books, Illustrations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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