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Macrostructure components in narrations of Turkish–German bilingual children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2015

İLKNUR MAVIŞ ,
MÜGE TUNÇER  and
NATALIA GAGARINA
İLKNUR MAVIŞ*
Affiliation:
Anadolu University
MÜGE TUNÇER
Affiliation:
Anadolu University
NATALIA GAGARINA
Affiliation:
Center for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE İlknur Maviş, Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Anadolu University, Yunus Emre Campus, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskişehir 26470, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two studies examined the effects of age, gender, and task on Turkish narrative skills of Turkish–German bilingual children. In Study 1, 36 children (2 years, 11 months [2;11]–7;11) told stories in two conditions (“tell-after model” and “tell-no model”) and answered comprehension questions. In Study 2, 13 children (5;5–7;11) participated in two conditions (“tell-no model” and “retell”) and were compared to Study 1 participants’ on tell tasks. The studies showed significant age effects on story complexity and comprehension, but not story structure and internal state terms. There were no significant effects for gender. Comprehension was significantly better in the “tell-after model” than in the “tell-no model” condition (Study 1). For production (storytelling), a trend favoring retell over tell was found (Study 2).

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 37 , Issue 1: Narrative abilities in bilingual children , January 2016 , pp. 69 - 89
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