This research synthesis examines whether the association between print exposure and
components of reading grows stronger across development. We meta-analyzed 99 studies …

This meta-analysis examines to what extent interactive storybook reading stimulates two
pillars of learning to read: vocabulary and print knowledge. The authors quantitatively …

Electronic picture storybooks often include motion pictures, sounds, and background music
instead of static pictures, and hotspots that label/define words when clicked on. The current …

Cet article est une évaluation intégrée des principaux aspects de la litéracie émergente et
des activités à la maison qui tendent, selon la recherche empirique, à favoriser leur …

Motivated by mixed evidence on the effectiveness of reading companions on children's
reading performance, as well as the clear and present need for libraries to conduct literacy …

The study monitored the eye movements of twenty 5‐year‐old children while reading an
alphabet book to examine the manner in which the letters, words, and pictures were fixated …

Print exposure in early childhood is related to linguistic skills such as oral language, reading
comprehension and spelling during school years. A common way of exposing preschool …

Two experiments tested how the number of illustrations in storybooks influences 3.5‐year‐
old children's word learning from shared reading. In Experiment 1, children encountered …

When preschoolers listen to storybooks, are their eye movements related to their vocabulary
acquisition in this context? This study addressed this question with 36 four-year-old French …

The use of materials combining verbal and nonverbal input in the EFL/ESL classroom is
supported by theories of information processing and is a feature of most instructional …