%0 Journal Article
%T Enhancing language and print
%A Einat Nevo
%A Vered Vaknin-Nusbaum
%J Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
%@ 1741-2919
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1468798417694482
%X The effectiveness of a short interactive storybook-reading intervention programme delivered by a kindergarten teacher to develop language and print-concept skills was examined in 30 Hebrew-speaking kindergarten children exhibiting different levels of emergent literacy skills. Post-intervention, the intervention group showed a clear advantage over a control group on most measures, including vocabulary, morphology, phonological awareness and print concepts. Pre-test motivation to read was predictive of post-test performance in these same language and print-concept skills. The study suggests that a short intervention programme, using stories and embedded activities, can enhance language and print concepts in kindergarten children; and that motivation to read is equally important in the development of their language and literacy abilities
%K Language
%K print concepts
%K motivation to read
%K kindergarten
%K intervention
%K storybook reading
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1468798417694482