Children's Attention in a Word Learning Interactive Context with Educators and Vocabulary Growth

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Title: Children's Attention in a Word Learning Interactive Context with Educators and Vocabulary Growth
Language: English
Authors: Bastianello, Tamara, Majorano, Marinella, Burro, Roberto
Source: Early Child Development and Care. 2020 190(11):1700-1711.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Vocabulary Development, Story Reading, Infants, Child Care Centers, Illustrations, Language Acquisition, Sensory Integration, Eye Movements, Foreign Countries, Play, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli
Geographic Terms: Italy
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1547715
ISSN: 0300-4430
Abstract: The aim of the present study is to assess the relationship between the young child's attention in a word learning interactive context with the educators in nurseries during shared-book reading and child's subsequent vocabulary growth. The participants in the study were 24 infants from eight nurseries. Each infant was first observed during five sessions in a week at around 11 months of age, in a word learning interactive context with educators, with four nonwords-new pictures in a book and then, secondly, in five interactive free-play sessions with the mother at home between 12 and 24 months. Data analysis showed a relationship between the child's attention to the pictures in the book during interaction with the educator and the child's lexical growth. The importance for vocabulary growth of the child's ability to integrate visual and audio information and the importance of shared-book reading at nurseries are discussed.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1271754
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The aim of the present study is to assess the relationship between the young child's attention in a word learning interactive context with the educators in nurseries during shared-book reading and child's subsequent vocabulary growth. The participants in the study were 24 infants from eight nurseries. Each infant was first observed during five sessions in a week at around 11 months of age, in a word learning interactive context with educators, with four nonwords-new pictures in a book and then, secondly, in five interactive free-play sessions with the mother at home between 12 and 24 months. Data analysis showed a relationship between the child's attention to the pictures in the book during interaction with the educator and the child's lexical growth. The importance for vocabulary growth of the child's ability to integrate visual and audio information and the importance of shared-book reading at nurseries are discussed.
ISSN:0300-4430
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2018.1547715