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How Literacy Emerges from Living Books in the Digital Era: New Chances for Young Linguistically Disadvantaged Children

How Literacy Emerges from Living Books in the Digital Era: New Chances for Young Linguistically Disadvantaged Children
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Author(s): Marian J.A.J. Verhallen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 14
Source title: Cognitive Effects of Multimedia Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Robert Z. Zheng (University of Utah, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-158-2.ch017

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Abstract

Advanced digital storybooks offer, in addition to an oral rendition of text, the possibility of enhancing story content through the use of video. In three experiments, effects of added video with accompanying music and sound on language comprehension and language acquisition were tested in a group of second language learners from low educated families. Three questions were posed. Do video additions positively influence young children’s story understanding over and above still images when listening to a storybook? How does video add to language acquisition; through added information or through the appraisal of helpfulness of the added information? Do these extra information sources benefit all young children to the same extent or especially children with insufficient prior knowledge?

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