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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Developing Narrative Comprehension |
| Subtitle of host publication | Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives |
| Editors | Ute Bohnacker, Natalia Gagarina |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Pages | 269-296 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9789027260345 |
| ISBN (print) | 9789027208088 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Bilingualism |
|---|---|
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Volume | 61 |
Abstract
This paper investigates the development of narrative comprehension in monolingual and simultaneously bilingual German preschoolers, in relation to the children's gender and their nonverbal cognitive skills. MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives) was used to assess narrative comprehension after telling (Baby Birds) and retelling (Cat) in 199 monolinguals and 66 simultaneous bilinguals. The groups did not differ significantly concerning their nonverbal cognitive skills and German language proficiency. Both the monolingual and the bilingual children were divided into three age groups (4;6-4;11, 5;0-5;5, 5;6-5;11). The narrative comprehension results pointed to significant age effects only for the monolinguals, in both elicitation modes. No gender effects were found for any group. For the nonverbal cognition and narrative comprehension measures, weak correlations obtained for both monolinguals and bilinguals. These results strengthen the idea that narrative comprehension is related to nonverbal cognitive skills of monolingual and bilingual preschoolers.
Keywords
- Gender, Monolinguals and bilinguals, Narrative comprehension, Nonverbal cognitive skills, Preschoolers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Psychology(all)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences(all)
- Linguistics and Language
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Developing Narrative Comprehension : Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives . ed. / Ute Bohnacker; Natalia Gagarina. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. p. 269-296 (Studies in Bilingualism ; Vol. 61).
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