PRESCHOOLERS' WORD LEARNING DURING SHARED STORYBOOK READING INTERACTIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION

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dc.contributor.advisorNewman, Rochelleen_US
dc.contributor.authorO'Fallon, Maura Kathleenen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHearing and Speech Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T05:55:47Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T05:55:47Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractPrevious research shows that shared storybook reading interactions can function as effective speech and language interventions for young children, helping to improve a variety of skills--including word learning. This study sought to investigate the potential benefits of elaboration of new words during a single storybook reading with preschoolers. Children were read a storybook containing novel words that were either elaborated with a definition, repeated twice, or only said once. Their word learning for these novel words was then evaluated, and compared across levels of elaboration. Results showed that preschoolers could successfully learn new words during a single storybook reading interaction with an adult. Further analyses found that their learning was most robust when words were repeated twice, rather than elaborated or only said once. These results support the use of storybook reading with children during language interventions, and highlight the importance of repeated exposure to novel material.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M29C7W
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15808
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSpeech therapyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEarly childhood educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpreschoolersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstorybooken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledword-learningen_US
dc.titlePRESCHOOLERS' WORD LEARNING DURING SHARED STORYBOOK READING INTERACTIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY INTERVENTIONen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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