Word explanation and content expansion during storybook reading: relation to SES and children’s language

We examined the relation between mothers' word explanation and story content expansion during shared book reading, family socio-economic status (SES) and children's language. The participants included 90 mothers and their children (aged 5-6 years) from low and middle SES. Mother-child stor...

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Published in:Early child development and care 2018-01, Vol.188 (6), p.691-708
Main Authors: Korat, Ofra, Segal-Drori, Ora, Spielberg, Liat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child language
Children
Children & youth
Meaning
Mothers
Phonological awareness
Reading
Shared reading
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Storytelling
Vocabulary
Word meaning
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Summary:We examined the relation between mothers' word explanation and story content expansion during shared book reading, family socio-economic status (SES) and children's language. The participants included 90 mothers and their children (aged 5-6 years) from low and middle SES. Mother-child storybook reading was videotaped, and the child's vocabulary, storytelling and phonological awareness were tested. Results show that the mothers explained about one word during the book reading across SES, whereas story content expansion was more frequent. Children's language and mothers' story content expansion were correlated positively with SES, but mothers' frequency of word explanation and manner of explanations were not correlated with SES, except for provision of word meaning, which correlated negatively with SES. Story content expansion was related to the children's vocabulary level, whereas discussing story illustrations was negatively related to the children's vocabulary. The limited word explanation support by mothers in shared book reading and its implications are discussed.
ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2016.1230107