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The Role of Picturebooks in Helping Children Become Autonomous Readers

As stated in the Croatian National Curriculum one of the main goals of teaching reading skills in a foreign language context is to form positive attitudes towards the language in question (English in this case), and to select and read various types of texts, either with the help of others or independently (2010, p. 54). This thesis takes into account the strategy of scaffolding as a necessary tool in the problem-solving approach to teaching literature. Contemporary picturebooks, as the most suitable type of literature for lower primary grades, prove to be an efficient medium for the transition from illiteracy to literacy and, more importantly, for the scaffolded development of autonomous readers. The thesis emphasizes the double communication in picturebooks, dependent on its parallel discourses, visual and verbal, that encourages readers to use higher literacy skills. Several picturebooks by David Shannon are analysed in this context, and activities are developed based on the picturebook David Goes to School (1999) to support child-readers on their way towards becoming independent readers.

the Croatian National Curriculum; teaching reading; picturebook; scaffolding; autonomous readers; David Shannon

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