Vocabulary acquisition through interactive book reading : an ever-growing gap? Universiteit Gent
Interactive book reading (IBR) has been proven to be an effective approach to foster children’s language development in general and vocabulary development in particular (e.g. Dickinson & Tabors, 2001). Children and their environment affect each other reciprocally (Sameroff & Friese, 2000). Therefore, children’s input during reading is of great importance to shape the interactive reading activity (e.g. Whitehurst et al., 1988; Zevenbergen ...