Distribution of Home Factors That Favour Early Reading in English as a Second Language: The Port Harcourt Case Study.
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| author | Osiobe, Ann E. And Others |
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| contents | Distribution of Home Factors That Favour Early Reading in English as a Second Language: The Port Harcourt Case Study. Osiobe, Ann E. And Others Case Studies Childrens Literature Elementary Education English (Second Language) Family Environment Foreign Countries Foreign Language Books Library Circulation Parent Child Relationship Reading Research Recreational Reading A study examined the distribution of home factors known to favor early reading--defined as reading English early in life--by non-native English children to whom English serves as a second language. Subjects, 216 primary school children, were surveyed by means of oral interviews. Home factors such as books in the home, parent-child reading, and book borrowing from the library and friends were found to be widely distributed in the sample. Results indicated that 81% (175) of the children had books in their homes, 77.78% (168) of the children interviewed were involved in parent-child or relative-child reading at home, and 55.09% (119) children checked out books regularly from the library or borrowed books regularly from their friends. Peer group influence was found to be most dominant among the fifth and sixth graders for the borrowing of books. Home books and home reading seem to terminate after the first and second grades. The presence of a children's book collection in the home is known to encourage early reading among children. Children who do not read at home are certainly placed at a disadvantage and teachers should make sure that such children check out books on a weekly basis from the school library or classroom book corner. Parent-child reading creates positive and encouraging attitudes towards reading books. (One table of data and one figure are attached.) (RAE) |
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| spellingShingle | Distribution of Home Factors That Favour Early Reading in English as a Second Language: The Port Harcourt Case Study. Osiobe, Ann E. And Others Case Studies Childrens Literature Elementary Education English (Second Language) Family Environment Foreign Countries Foreign Language Books Library Circulation Parent Child Relationship Reading Research Recreational Reading Distribution of Home Factors That Favour Early Reading in English as a Second Language: The Port Harcourt Case Study. Osiobe, Ann E. And Others Case Studies Childrens Literature Elementary Education English (Second Language) Family Environment Foreign Countries Foreign Language Books Library Circulation Parent Child Relationship Reading Research Recreational Reading A study examined the distribution of home factors known to favor early reading--defined as reading English early in life--by non-native English children to whom English serves as a second language. Subjects, 216 primary school children, were surveyed by means of oral interviews. Home factors such as books in the home, parent-child reading, and book borrowing from the library and friends were found to be widely distributed in the sample. Results indicated that 81% (175) of the children had books in their homes, 77.78% (168) of the children interviewed were involved in parent-child or relative-child reading at home, and 55.09% (119) children checked out books regularly from the library or borrowed books regularly from their friends. Peer group influence was found to be most dominant among the fifth and sixth graders for the borrowing of books. Home books and home reading seem to terminate after the first and second grades. The presence of a children's book collection in the home is known to encourage early reading among children. Children who do not read at home are certainly placed at a disadvantage and teachers should make sure that such children check out books on a weekly basis from the school library or classroom book corner. Parent-child reading creates positive and encouraging attitudes towards reading books. (One table of data and one figure are attached.) (RAE) |
| title | Distribution of Home Factors That Favour Early Reading in English as a Second Language: The Port Harcourt Case Study. |
| topic | Case Studies Childrens Literature Elementary Education English (Second Language) Family Environment Foreign Countries Foreign Language Books Library Circulation Parent Child Relationship Reading Research Recreational Reading |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED298472 |