This study was performed in order to examine the effects of one to one interactive
picture book reading on infants' reading response and teachers' language teaching
efficacy. A total of 50 2-year-olds from 8 child care centers in Incheon were divided
into an experimental group and a control group. The interactive picture book reading
activities were carried out once a week during 12 weeks. The infants in the
experimental group read one-to-one with teachers, and their counterparts read the
same book in a group. The change in teachers’ language teaching efficacy was
examined, and their subjective perception was evaluated through in-depth interview.
As a result of this research, the infants in the experimental group showed significantly
increased verbal response, compared to the control group, both in the total score and
most sub-factors such as naming, responding, asking, demanding, spontaneous
utterance, and decontextualized utterance. They also represented a significant rise,
compared to the control group, in the total score of non-verbal response and factors
like finger indicating, imitating, and accepting. Finally, the teachers who led the
experimental group showed increased language teaching efficacy, and evaluated the
effects of interactive picture book reading with infants very positively.