The Relations of Proper Character Introduction to Narrative Quality and Listening Comprehension for Young Children from High Poverty Schools

Autor/inn/en	Barnes, Adrienne E.; Kim, Young-Suk; Phillips, Beth M.
Titel	The Relations of Proper Character Introduction to Narrative Quality and Listening Comprehension for Young Children from High Poverty Schools
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 27 (2014) 7, S.1189-1205 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-013-9481-0
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Language Skills; Preschool Children; Kindergarten; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Poverty; Regression (Statistics); Predictor Variables; Listening Comprehension; Speech Skills; Age Differences; Grammar; Story Telling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Armut; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Prädiktor; Hörverständnis; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Grammatik
Abstract	The present study explored the types and frequency of literate language features in children's narratives, and the relation of literate language and proper character introduction to children's oral language skills in a sample of 184 prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade students from high-poverty schools. Using hierarchical regression, the results showed that literate language features were not predictive of listening comprehension or narrative quality outcomes. In contrast, children's skill in properly introducing characters significantly accounted for variance in all outcome measures (narrative comprehension, narrative quality, and listening comprehension) above and beyond the control variables (age, total number of words, and mean length of utterance) and literate language features (adverbs, conjunctions, mental and linguistic verbs, and elaborated noun phrases). These results indicate that the child's retell and language comprehension skills may develop concurrently with proper character introduction. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10