Effects of multimedia story reading on preschoolers\u27 vocabulary learning, story comprehension and reading engagement

This study investigated the effects of multimedia story reading and questioning on preschoolers\u27 vocabulary learning, story comprehension and reading engagement. The participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: multimedia story reading, multimedia story reading with questioning, paper story reading, and paper story reading with questioning. Each participant had two reading sessions. All the reading sessions were video taped for engagement analysis. At the end of the second reading session, children took a target vocabulary test and a comprehension test. The results showed a significant main effect for condition on target vocabulary scores and engagement level, but not on comprehension scores. The effects of multimedia story reading and questioning on preschoolers\u27 literacy learning are discussed