| Bölüm Adı | Storybooks as a Scaffolding Tool in Teacher–Child Interaction: The Mediating Role of Vocabulary and Receptive Language in the Investigation of the Relationship Between Teacher Attitude and Children's Language Skills | ||
| Kitap Adı | Integrated Science | ||
| Bölüm Sayfaları | 1-19 | ||
| Kitap Türü | Kitap Bölümü | ||
| Kitap Alt Türü | Alanında uluslararası yayınlanan kitap bölümü | ||
| Kitap Niteliği | Scopus indeksinde taranan bilimsel kitap | ||
| Kitap Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2024 |
| DOI Numarası | 10.1007/978-3-031-60713-4_2 | ISBN | 978-3-031-60713-4 |
| Basıldığı Ülke | İsviçre | Basıldığı Şehir | |
| Kitap Linki | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-60713-4 | ||
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| Özet |
| Storybooks and shared reading activities in classrooms are pivotal for children's linguistic and communicative development. Leveraging Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, which posits language as a context-specific cognitive tool, this study explored the influence of preschool teachers’ attitudes towards storybooks on Turkish-speaking children's vocabulary and receptive language skills. Our research encompassed 360 children (60–72 months) and 72 teachers from Afyonkarahisar and Kars in Turkey. Instruments employed included the Preschool Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Storybooks (SPTATS) scale and the Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills(K-SEALS). Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), results indicated a significant correlation between teachers’ attitudes towards storybooks and children's vocabulary and receptive language proficiency. Notably, vocabulary emerged as a partial … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Children | Expressive language skills | Receptive language skill | Storybooks | Teachers’ attitude | Vocabulary |