Empowering Young Readers: Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment

Empowering Young Readers: Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment provides a fun and engaging approach to reading with children that promotes reading comprehension and vocabulary development, using an evidence-based approach called DRIVE. It includes strategies for creating meaningful dialogues, recommendations for encouraging vocabulary development, and tips for an optimal reading experience.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Empowering Young Readers: Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment is a comprehensive guide designed to help adults engage children in fun and effective reading experiences that enhance their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. The book introduces a proven approach called Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment (DRIVE), which involves adults reading together with preschool and early elementary-grade children using a series of easy-to-use strategies. The book begins by highlighting the importance of shared reading and the essential skills children need to become successful readers. It then delves into the DRIVE approach, explaining how to create meaningful dialogues while reading stories. The strategies are presented in a memorable acronym, EMPOWERED, and include concrete techniques that can be easily applied during reading sessions. The book also offers valuable recommendations on how to encourage vocabulary development while using the DRIVE approach, suggests appropriate books for implementation, provides additional tips for an optimal reading experience, and concludes with a summary chapter that includes valuable resources.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781475864397