Structural Development of Narratives in Arabic: Task Complexity, Age, and Cultural Factors

Autor/inn/en	Abdalla, Fauzia; Mahfoudhi, Abdessattar; Alhudhainah, Shouq
Titel	Structural Development of Narratives in Arabic: Task Complexity, Age, and Cultural Factors
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51 (2020) 2, S.405-415 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
Schlagwörter	Task Analysis; Semitic Languages; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Preschool Children; Elementary School Students; Difficulty Level; Case Studies; Narration; Monolingualism; Public Schools; Grade 1; Grade 2; Benchmarking; Story Telling; Pictorial Stimuli; Measures (Individuals); Cultural Differences; Second Languages; Contrastive Linguistics; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufgabenanalyse; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Fantasieanregung; Messdaten; Kultureller Unterschied; Second language; Zweitsprache; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik
Abstract	Purpose: This study examines the effect of age and task complexity on the macrostructure of story production in preschool- and school-age Kuwaiti Arabic--speaking children. It also compares the children's production of core and complementary macrostructure story elements. Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional research design was used to explore the participants' narrative skills. A total of 122 monolingual speakers of Kuwaiti Arabic (97 children and 25 adults) participated in this study. The children aged 4;0 to 7;11 (years;months) were randomly recruited from public schools across Kuwait. There were 24 four-year-olds (Kindergarten 1), 23 five-year-olds (Kindergarten 2), 23 six-year-olds (Grade 1), and 27 seven-year-olds (Grade 2). A group of adults was also included to establish a benchmark. Storytelling was elicited from all the participants using two sets of sequential pictures from the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument: a one-episode story and a more complex three-episode story (Schneider et al., 2005). Across-group comparisons were conducted to explore the effect of age, story complexity, and type of macrostructure elements on story production. Results: The findings revealed a progression by age in the development of story macrostructure, but there was no effect of task complexity. Within all age groups, the core macrostructure components were mastered before the complementary elements. Conclusions: The results of this study confirmed that cross-linguistic narrative measures could be used in contexts that are culturally and linguistically different with minor adaptations. The piloting of two picture-based stories showed that the shorter one-episode version may be sufficient to evaluate the language development of this age group. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01