Korean J Child Stud. 1992; 13(2): 19-31.

Effects of ' Easy - to - read ' Books on Preschooler's Independent Reading.

3 - 4세 유아를 위한 ' 쉬운 책 ' 의 개발 및 ' 쉬운 책 ' 이 유아의 책 읽기 시도에 미치는 효과

현은자, 김영실

Eun Ja Hyun,Young Sil Kim

The purpose of this study was (1) to construct `easy-to-read` books and (2) to investigate the effect of `easy-to-read` books on young children`s independent reading, the subjects were twenty six three and four-year-old children who attended a Saemaul murery school in Irk, Chullapuk-do. The subjects were randomly assigned to and of two storybook reading conditions: in the first condition. subjects were encouraged to read traditional storybooks and in the second condition, subjects were encouraged to read `easy-to-read` books. The paired t-test and the Student`s t-test were employed to analyze the data. The results showed that subjects in both groups attempted to read more frequently in the post-test than in the pre-test. Subject in the `easy-to-read` condition attempted to read more frequently on the post test than subjects in the traditional book condition.