Honors Projects
Abstract
Oral narrative retells are commonly used in assessment to examine language and literacy development in young children. Due to the increasing number of bilingual children in the United States, it is necessary to understand typical development in order to assess and intervene when needed. English story retells from eight preschool-age Spanish-English bilingual children were analyzed in the present study using the Narrative Assessment Protocol. Analyses were conducted to examine differences in narrative microstructure at two time points. In the present study, a Wilcoxon Signed Rank Sum test which is a nonparametric statistical measure was used to determine whether there was a significant change in NAP scores over time. Mean scores at Time 2 were statistically significantly higher than scores at Time 1. Children’s narratives at Time 2 were more complex and contained more microstructure elements.
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Major
Communication Sciences and Disorders
First Advisor
Dr. Virginia Dubasik
First Advisor Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Publication Date
Spring 5-13-2019
Repository Citation
Bias, Lydia, "Fictional Narrative Skills of Preschool-Age Bilingual Children with Typical Language Development" (2019). Honors Projects. 761.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/761