The Effect of Questioning Style During Storybook Reading on Novel Vocabulary Acquisition of Preschoolers |
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| Authors: | Bridget A Walsh Pamela Blewitt |
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| Institution: | (1) Family Sciences, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA;(3) Department of Family Sciences, Texas Woman’s University, PO Box 425769, Denton, TX 76204, USA |
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| Abstract: | The effects of adult questioning on children’s novel word acquisition during storybook reading were investigated. Three-year-olds were assigned to one of three conditions: vocabulary eliciting questions, noneliciting questions, and no questions (control). General vocabulary comprehension and novel word knowledge were equivalent across the groups before the storybook reading intervention. Children were read 3 storybooks repeatedly across 4 reading sessions and were tested for production and comprehension of novel words in the final session. Children’s novel word comprehension increased more in both question conditions than in the control condition, suggesting that type of question is not as important to word learning as children’s active engagement in discussion about novel words in general. Novel word production was not strongly affected by any of the reading conditions. However, asking children noneliciting questions did appear to foster production of new words more than not asking questions at all. |
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| Keywords: | questioning style novel vocabulary expressive vocabulary receptive vocabulary preschoolers shared book reading storybook reading |
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