A picture book as an incentive for vocabulary development

Abstract

Slikovnica je prva knjiga u životu djeteta i stoga ima neprocjenjivu vrijednost. Važna je za dijete u poticanju njegovog govornog i komunikacijskog, spoznajnog, socijalnog i emocionalnog razvoja. U prvom dijelu rada teoretski se obrađuje slikovnica, njene vrste i funkcija u procesu odgoja i obrazovanja. Nadalje u radu razmatramo slikovnicu kao jedan od poticaja za razvoj govora djece vrtićke i predškolske dobi, ulogu odgojitelja u procesu čitanja te važnost poticajnog okruženja na cjelokupni razvoj djeteta. Okosnica ovog rada je razvoj govora kod djeteta i slikovnica u aktivnosti, tj. slikovnica kao poticaj za razvoj govora i bogaćenje rječnika. Drugi dio rada predstavlja istraživanje koje je provedeno u DV Didi, u ožujku 2023. godine, u predškolskoj skupini, gdje je dob djece od 5 do 7 godina. Istraživali smo tri najčešće čitane slikovnice (Crvenkapica, Ježeva kućica, Zlatne basne 2) u pedagoškoj godini 2022./2023, koje su služile kao poticaj za razvoj rječnika kod djece. Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati leksička obilježja triju najčešće čitanih slikovnica u pedagoškoj godini 2022./2023., ispitati leksičku raznolikost i leksičku gustoću odabranih slikovnica te ispitati razlikuju li se značajno po leksičkim obilježjima odabrane slikovnice. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da slikovnica Zlatne basne sadrži gotovo trostruko više riječi od slikovnice Crvenkapica te skoro dvostruko više od Ježeve kućice. Osim duljine slikovnice, analizom smo utvrdili da je slikovnica Ježeva kućica leksički najzahtjevnija dok leksička gustoća kod svih slikovnica je približno slična. Analizom smo utvrdili deset najčešćih riječi u svakoj slikovnici kao i deset najčešćih pridjeva, glagola i imenica iz navedenih slikovnica, a podatke smo prikazali u tablicama.A picture book is the first book in a child's life and therefore has an inestimable value. It is important for the child in stimulating his speech and communication, cognitive, social and emotional development. In the first part of the paper, the picture book, its types and functions in the process of upbringing and education are theoretically treated. Furthermore, in the paper, we consider the picture book as one of the incentives for the speech development of kindergarten and preschool children, the role of educators in the reading process, and the importance of a stimulating environment for the overall development of the child. The backbone of this work is the development of children's speech and picture books in activities, i.e. picture books as an incentive for speech development and vocabulary enrichment. The second part of the paper presents the research that was carried out in DV Didi, in March 2023, in the preschool group, where the children are 5 to 7 years old. We researched the three most frequently read picture books (Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood, Golden Tales 2) in the 2022/2023 pedagogical year, which served as an incentive for children's vocabulary development. The goal of the research was to examine the lexical characteristics of the three most frequently read picture books in the pedagogic year 2022/2023, to examine the lexical diversity and lexical density of the selected picture books, and to examine whether they differ significantly in terms of the lexical characteristics of the selected picture books. The research results show that the Golden Fables picture book contains almost three times more words than the Red Riding Hood picture book and almost twice as many as the Hedgehog's House. In addition to the length of the picture book, we determined through analysis that the picture book Hedgehog's House is the most lexically demanding, while the lexical density of all picture books is approximately similar. Through analysis, we determined the ten most common words in each picture book as well as the ten most common adjectives, verbs and nouns from the said picture books, and we presented the data in tables