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 (Integrated Science)
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Prof. Dr. Özgün Uyanık Aktulun Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Ali İbrahim Can GÖZÜM Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Ümit Ünsal Kaya Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Stamatios Papadakis
University Of Crete, Yunanistan
Michail Kalogiannakis
University Of Thessaly, Yunanistan
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
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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