The Role of Digital Books in Increasing Reading Motivation among Children with Dyslexia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.066How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dyslexia; Digital Book; Education; Reading Motivation; User Experience

Abstract

Becoming literate in reading and writing is one of the important basic skills young dyslexics do not easily acquire. Dyslexia is not related to intelligence; instead, dyslexics show disruptions in the rear reading system of the left hemisphere of their brain, which is critical for reading and writing skills. Research has shown that people with dyslexia also usually have lower reading motivation because of repeated experience of failures and social pressure around them. Roughly 10% of the young population in Indonesia have dyslexia, pushing the writers to analyze further about the possibility of developing technology in mobile applications to raise reading motivation among children with dyslexia. One such technology or mobile application is interactive digital picture books. The purpose of this literature review is to determine the kinds of visual elements and interactivity in digital books that appeal to children with dyslexia. The analyses here are done by narrative method: grouping data from past literature and research about digital books, reading motivation, and reading learning methods for dyslexics. Our literature review results show that certain visual elements and interactivity in digital books can increase reading motivation and are effective in teaching reading and writing to young dyslexics. For further research, we expect this literature review to be a foundation for digital book application development to teach, and motivate, reading and writing to young Indonesian dyslexics so they can improve their literacy skills.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hutami Dwijayanti
AU  - Riama Maslan Sihombing
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - The Role of Digital Books in Increasing Reading Motivation among Children with Dyslexia
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 509
EP  - 515
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.066
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.066
ID  - Dwijayanti2021
ER  -