A Read-Aloud Storybook Selection System for Prereaders at the Preschool Language Level: A Pilot Study

Autor/inn/en	Schwarz, Amy Louise; van Kleeck, Anne; Beaton, Derek; Horne, Erin; MacKenzie, Heather; Abdi, Hervé
Titel	A Read-Aloud Storybook Selection System for Prereaders at the Preschool Language Level: A Pilot Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58 (2015) 4, S.1273-1291 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-15-0056
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Books; Oral Reading; Preschool Children; Difficulty Level; Multivariate Analysis; Reading Material Selection; Speech Language Pathology; Reading Aloud to Others + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Purpose: Many well-accepted systems for determining difficulty level exist for books children read independently, but few are available for determining the wide range of difficulty levels of storybooks read aloud to preschoolers. Also, the available tools list book characteristics only on the basis of parents' or authors' opinions. We created an empirically derived difficulty-level system on the basis of 22 speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) judgments of specific storybooks used in preschooler read-alouds. Method: SLPs sorted 11 storybooks into ranked stacks on the basis of how difficult they thought the storybooks would be for preschoolers to understand when read aloud. SLPs described each stack globally as well as why they assigned each storybook to a particular stack. From transcriptions of the explanations, we derived a glossary of book characteristics using content analysis. We created a difficulty-level scale using a multivariate analysis technique that simultaneously analyzed book sorts and glossary terms. Results: The book selection system includes a glossary of book characteristics, a 4-level difficulty scale, and exemplar books for each level. Conclusion: This empirically derived difficulty-level system created for storybooks read aloud to preschoolers represents a step toward filling a gap in the read-aloud literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01