Narrative Development in Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children |
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| Authors: | Anny Castilla-Earls Douglas Petersen Trina Spencer Krista Hammer |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, SUNY Fredoniacastilla@fredonia.edu;3. Department of Communication Disorders, University of Wyoming;4. Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University;5. Rochester Hearing and Speech Center, Rochester, New York |
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| Abstract: | Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to describe differences in the narratives produced by 3-, 4-, and 5- year old Spanish-speaking (SS) children. Narrative productions of 104 typically developing children were collected using a story-retelling task and coded using the Index of Narrative Complexity. The results of this study indicate that 3-year-old SS children produced stories containing characters and actions. Four-year-old SS children’s stories were characterized by the use of characters, actions, and internal responses. Five-year-old SS children retold stories containing characters, settings, initiating events, actions, internal responses, formulaic markers, temporal markers, and knowledge of dialogue. Practice: Developmental information to assist educators working with SS children. |
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