Children's Shared Bilingual Reading With an Interactive E-Book Versus Printed Book: What’s Behind the Scenes? (Poster 41)

• In Event: Saturday Poster Session 3:05 pm
  In Poster Session: Intersections of Technology, Learning, and Digital Media: Diverse Perspectives on Modern Education

Abstract

Recently, e-books have brought significant changes to home literacy practices, providing transformative reading experiences for families. This study examines how interactive e-books compare to printed books in terms of their impact on the learning outcomes of 102 EFL children, aged 3-7, during shared bilingual reading with parents. The findings reveal that e-books greatly improve vocabulary learning, while no substantial differences are observed in story comprehension and retelling between the two reading modes. These findings highlight the role of e-books in vocabulary learning during shared bilingual reading and call for further investigation into the design and parental involvement in e-book experiences.

Authors

• Feiwen Xiao, University of Pennsylvania

• Huichao Pan, University of Auckland

• Dandan Yang, Boston College

• Hanhui Bao, University of Tennessee

• Kexin Zhang, University of Georgia

• Jialu Zhao, Stanford University

• Penelope Collins, University of California - Irvine

• Mark Warschauer, University of California - Irvine