Dialogic Book Reading Practices for Primary School EFL Learners  

Oleh:

Ping, Maria Teodora ; Syamdianita

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 734-746.
Topik: Dialogic Book Reading Practices; Primary School Learners; EFL learners
Fulltext: hal 734.pdf (16.58MB)

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A number of studies have indicated that book reading activities is beneficial for children’s language and cognitive development (Bus et.al, 1995; Klesius & Griffith, 1996, Hargrave and Sénéchal, 2000; Blewit et.al, 2009). Furthermore, the interactional aspect found in a more specific group book reading activity called ‘dialogic reading’ has been proven to bring about the potential learning context for children (Zevenbergen & Whitehurst, 2002; Trivette & Dunst, 2007, Ping, 2014). This benefit seems to be applicable not only to children from families with middle- high socioeconomic status but also to children with disadvantaged background; not only in the first language context but also in the second language context (Zevenbergen & Whitehurst, 2002; Ping, 2014). Various instructional strategies at different linguistic and cognitive levels could be applied by adults (parents and/ or teachers) as learning input to the children during dialogic book reading activity. When done in a small group setting, children could also be encouraged to interact with their peer, which would be another opportunity for them to develop their language and thinking skills.To date, book reading activities have not been sufficiently explored in the Indonesian research context, especially in the EYL context. Therefore, this planned research tried to give an insight to a possible implementation and potential benefits of dialogic reading in the Indonesian context EYL classes. The design of this study was an observational study involving one EYL class consisting of a small group of five children aged 9-10 years old at Mulawarman University Language Centre.

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