Typically, an adult reads while a child listens-a format that is beneﬁcial to early literacy development93 but that cannot guarantee the child's attention, involvement, and comprehension. In dialogic reading, the adult encourages the child to become a participant in the narrative, even a storyteller.
Child listens-a format that is beneﬁcial to early literacy development93 but that cannot guarantee the child's attention, involvement, and comprehension.