The Narrative Competence of Bilingual Jamaican Creole– and English-Speaking Preschoolers
| Autor: | Kathryn Crowe, Rachel Wright Karem, Karla N. Washington, Melanie Basinger, Carol Westby, Kristina Fritz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Linguistics and Language Creole language Multilingualism Language Development 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Cohort Studies Speech and Hearing Humans Mental Competency 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Child Neuroscience of multilingualism Language Language Tests Narration 05 social sciences 050301 education Noun phrase Linguistics Black or African American Comprehension Language development Child Preschool Female Psychology 0503 education Child Language Storytelling |
| Zdroj: | Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 52:317-334 |
| ISSN: | 1558-9129 0161-1461 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2020_lshss-20-00013 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this study is to characterize narrative competence of typically developing bilingual children using Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. Method Story comprehension and fictional storytelling tasks in JC and English were completed by 104 bilingual preschoolers aged 4–6 years. Story comprehension was analyzed using inferential story comprehension questions representing Blank's Question Hierarchy. Fictional storytelling was analyzed using the Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language framework for narrative macrostructure and microstructure. Results Story comprehension was significantly correlated within each language, but only questions from Level 4 of Blank's Question Hierarchy showed significant correlations between languages. Fictional storytelling was significantly better in English than in JC for macrostructure (total score, internal response, plan, consequence) and microstructure (total score, adverbs, elaborated noun phrases). Story complexity in JC and English was significantly correlated. In terms of developmental effects, children's macrostructure and story complexity appear to be better at 4 years than 5 years, with English outperforming JC. Furthermore, age correlated with story comprehension in JC. Conclusion Comparison of narrative competence in bilingual children provides much needed insights into language development, with examination of JC and English bilinguals representing an understudied bilingual context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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