Comparison of Shared Reading versus Emergent Reading: How the Two Provide Distinct Opportunities for Early Literacy
Table 3
Descriptive statistics for language input variables across reading interaction conditions.
SD
valueB
Shared reading ( = 24)
Mother’s number of utterances
49.75
31.78
.84***
10.22***
Child’s number of utterances
19.54
11.99
Mother’s MLUA
3.89
.69
−.04
4.96***
Child’s MLUA
2.61
1.09
Mother’s number of questions
9.17
7.45
.26
6.52***
Child’s number of questions
2.58
4.12
Emergent reading ( = 25)
Mother’s number of utterances
46.72
26.64
.01
1.06
Child’s number of utterances
38.36
15.88
Mother’s MLUA
3.38
.86
−.29
−2.17**
Child’s MLUA
4.32
1.52
Mother’s number of questions
13.32
10.64
.18
8.92***
Child’s number of questions
1.16
1.55
Note: AMLU: mean length of utterance; B-tests and Pearson correlations were conducted using the log transformation of language input variables. *** < .001, ** < .05.