Effects of Public Library Storytelling Activities on Children’s Reading Literacy Development: From Caregivers’ Perspectives
This study aims to explore effects of children’s regular participation in public library storytelling activities on their reading literacy development from the perspectives of caregivers, storytellers, and librarians. This study was qualitative in nature, taking place at four public libraries in Tai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tamkang University Press
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Jiàoyù zīliào yǔ túshūguǎn xué |
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| Online Access: | http://joemls.dils.tku.edu.tw/fulltext/57302fullText.pdf |
| Summary: | This study aims to explore effects of children’s regular participation in public library storytelling activities on their reading literacy development from the perspectives of caregivers, storytellers, and librarians. This study was qualitative in nature, taking place at four public libraries in Taichung that regularly held storytelling activities. Interviews and observations were used for data collection. Study participants included 42 caregivers, 10 storytellers, and four librarians. Results of this study show that roles that caregivers played in accompanying children during library storytelling activities varied from high to low levels of frequency, including: company, spectators, caregivers who waited, and tutors. In addition, children’s early literacy skills (such as oral language, phonological awareness, orthographic awareness, vocabulary, print awareness, and background knowledge) were reported to improve through library storytelling elements that included speaking, singing, reading, and playing.
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| ISSN: | 1013-090X 2309-9100 |