The purpose of this study was to compare the effects between multi-media story book reading and oral story book reading on the children's language expression and drawing representation abilities. To achieve this purpose, the specific research question...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects between multi-media story book reading and oral story book reading on the children's language expression and drawing representation abilities. To achieve this purpose, the specific research questions were set as followings:
1. What are the differences between multi-media story book reading and oral story book reading on the children's language expression?
2. What are the differences between multi-media story book reading and oral story book reading on the drawing representation abilities?
The subjects of this study were 50 children aged 5 from K and S kindergartens located in D city. The score differences of each group were examined between pre-test and post-test of Language expression and drawing representation ability of children.
In this study, 'Language Expression Test' was extracted from 'Language Ability Test' made by Jang Youngae and revised by Park Aeja. For the children's drawing ability test, items were extracted from 'Drawing Representation Ability' made by Ji Sungae (2001). The original test by Ji Sungae consisted of 9 sections but 8 sections except the 'linkage between representation and language' were used for this study.
This study was carried out for 5 weeks from March to April 2011. The pilot study, training research assistant, pre-test, intervention, and post-test were accomplished in order.
The mean and standard deviation were calculated and ANCOVA test was implemented to testify the statistical significance.
The research results are as followings:
First, the multi-media story book reading was more effective for the development of the language expression ability than oral story book reading. There were the statistical significances between the experimental and control group in the sub-domains of language expression ability : number of words, number of sentences, content consistency, content connection, and creative expression.
Second, the multi-media story book reading was more effective for the development of the drawing representation ability than oral story book reading. There were the statistical significances between the experimental and control group in the sub-domains of the drawing representation ability : basic shapes, line merging, various colours, detailed description, harmonious composition, various shapes, representation related to subjects, creativity increases of representation, and completion of drawing.
In conclusion, the multi-media story book reading was more effective for the development of language expression and drawing representation ability than oral story book reading.
Based on the result of this study, the followings are suggested for further studies.
First, this study only focused on the kindergartens attached to the elementary school, so there is a need to study with private kindergartens and child-care institutions in the further study.
Second, this study dealt with the differences of the story book reading methods based on the abilities of language expression and drawing representation. So there is a need to examine the effects of book reading methods on the physical, emotional, and social development of children.
Third, there is a need to develop the educational activities of the oral book reading method, compensating the defects, rather than using only the multi-media story book reading.