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Lieshout, Majlen van (2025)

De inzet van levende boeken bij de ontwikkeling van de brede woordenschat en het fonemisch bewustzijn van kleuters

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

This study examined the improvement of early literacy skills of kindergarten students using the digital story time reading intervention e-Prent&ABC in school. The focus of this study was the improvement of phonological awareness and vocabulary, specifically for kindergarten students with a low initial vocabulary. During the intervention, e-storybooks were read in a classroom setting whilst trying to improve the vocabulary and other aspects of early literacy, such as phonological awareness and print-referencing skills, of kindergarten students. This was done by combining different animations in the e-storybooks and teacher instruction. The results show that the kindergarten students all improved with regards to vocabulary and phonological awareness. The results however also show that children with a low initial vocabulary continued to score lower on vocabulary and phonological awareness than children with an average or high initial vocabulary. The children with an average or high...Show moreThis study examined the improvement of early literacy skills of kindergarten students using the digital story time reading intervention e-Prent&ABC in school. The focus of this study was the improvement of phonological awareness and vocabulary, specifically for kindergarten students with a low initial vocabulary. During the intervention, e-storybooks were read in a classroom setting whilst trying to improve the vocabulary and other aspects of early literacy, such as phonological awareness and print-referencing skills, of kindergarten students. This was done by combining different animations in the e-storybooks and teacher instruction. The results show that the kindergarten students all improved with regards to vocabulary and phonological awareness. The results however also show that children with a low initial vocabulary continued to score lower on vocabulary and phonological awareness than children with an average or high initial vocabulary. The children with an average or high initial vocabulary did not show a difference in development for vocabulary and phonological awareness. This study shows kindergarten teachers a new and different way of utilizing e-storybooks in the classroom while also working on the development of early literacy skills. e-Prent&ABC should be an addition to the already existing curriculum and should not replace it entirely, as it is shown in this study that this intervention solely does not bridge the gap in early literacy skills for kindergarten students.Show less

Author

Lieshout, Majlen van

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Orthopedagogiek

Supervisors

Haan, W.D. de

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl