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ERIC Number: EJ1439009
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1707
The Relationship between Shared Picturebook Reading and Language Development in Young Children
Sheila Combs; Kristina N. Higgins
Early Childhood Education Journal, v52 n7 p1725-1735 2024
Picturebooks can play an important function in the development of language by promoting language acquisition and enriching the overall language development of the child. Reading picturebooks to children builds a number of developmental domains and fosters significant learning outcomes for future achievements. In this study, children's ability to acquire language through picturebooks was tested to determine if more exposure to picturebooks related to higher vocabulary language development. Participants for this study were anonymous parents of children 16--30 months of age (N = 60), who agreed to answer questions on a survey distributed via social media. The survey included demographic information, specific questions related to shared picturebook reading in the home, and the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, and the information gathered was used to determine the relationship between the shared reading of picturebooks to language development. Results showed that children who are exposed to a higher amount of time being read to by parents had higher language abilities than children who had less exposure to picturebook reading.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories
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