Resources

This section features selected publications on shared reading, dialogic reading, and bilingual language development from our research team and other experts in the field. Our work examines how shared reading supports children's vocabulary, language, literacy, and parent-child interactions, and how evidence-based reading interventions can benefit bilingual families. Together, these publications have informed the design and implementation of the current bilingual dialogic reading project.

The current Carer-child Bilingual Shared Reading Project has generated a rich dataset on the effects of home-based bilingual dialogic reading on Chinese-English bilingual children's language development. We are currently preparing the publications reporting the findings from this project, including children's bilingual vocabulary development, parent experiences of bilingual shared reading, and implications for supporting bilingual families and educators.

Interactive parent–child reading in a dialect: Its effects on children's language abilities and language transfer

Contribution of Topic Background Knowledge to Language Learning Outcomes through Parent–child Dialogic Reading

Effects of dialogic reading elements on children's language development

Reading Picture Books With Elements of Positive Psychology for Enhancing the Learning of English as a Second Language in Young Children

Parent-child reading in English as a second language: Effects on language and literacy development of Chinese kindergarteners

The role of bilingual discussion prompts in shared E-book reading

Parent inferential questions and child responses during shared reading predict DLLs’ receptive vocabulary development

Added Value of Dialogic Parent-Child Book Readings: A Meta-Analysis

Home Storybook Reading in Primary or Second Language With Preschool Children: Evidence of Equal Effectiveness for Second-Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Parent-child shared book reading challenges and facilitators: a systematic review and meta-synthesis