The Talking Books Project: Some Further Insights into the Use of Talking Books to Develop Reading

This article reports the continuation of some work already described in this journal in which the potential of electronic books for supporting reading was investigated. Jane Medwell’s conclusions suggest that this particular medium has a great deal of potential use in developing young children’s reading but also that the effects of different kinds of texts are different. As information and communications technology embeds itself into teaching practice there is a great deal to learn about its most effective use and Jane Medwell’s work offers a number of ways forward.