School-Year Grammatical Development in Narrative Retells: Spanish-English Dual Language Learners
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| Title: | School-Year Grammatical Development in Narrative Retells: Spanish-English Dual Language Learners |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Wofford, Mary Claire (ORCID |
| Source: | Communication Disorders Quarterly. Aug 2019 40(4):228-238. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Institute of Education Sciences (ED) Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS) |
| Contract Number: | R305A130460 H325D140068 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education Grade 1 |
| Descriptors: | Oral Language, Grammar, Verbs, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Accuracy, Error Patterns, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Nouns, Narration, Language Usage, Task Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Program Divisions |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1525740118791138 |
| ISSN: | 1525-7401 |
| Abstract: | Oral narrative retells are rich sources of information for language development. Investigators collected English-language oral narrative retells during the fall and spring from 65 Spanish-English-speaking dual language learners (DLL) in kindergarten and first grade. Investigators examined transcripts of oral narratives for (a) inclusion and accuracy of microstructural elements using the Narrative Assessment Protocol (NAP; Pence, Justice, & Gosse, 2007), (b) percentage of grammatical utterances, and (c) types of verb errors. Prepositional phrases, elaborated noun phrases, irregular past tense verbs, and copula verbs were the most prevalent grammatical forms. Omission errors were the most prevalent verb error type. DLLs' narrative retells revealed significantly increased number of total NAP codes and diversity of NAP codes. Grammaticality of utterances increased from approximately 77% to 87% from fall to spring. All verb errors types decreased over the academic year. Direct feature coding approaches are useful for tracking developmental progress in DLLs' retells. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1222181 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Oral narrative retells are rich sources of information for language development. Investigators collected English-language oral narrative retells during the fall and spring from 65 Spanish-English-speaking dual language learners (DLL) in kindergarten and first grade. Investigators examined transcripts of oral narratives for (a) inclusion and accuracy of microstructural elements using the Narrative Assessment Protocol (NAP; Pence, Justice, & Gosse, 2007), (b) percentage of grammatical utterances, and (c) types of verb errors. Prepositional phrases, elaborated noun phrases, irregular past tense verbs, and copula verbs were the most prevalent grammatical forms. Omission errors were the most prevalent verb error type. DLLs' narrative retells revealed significantly increased number of total NAP codes and diversity of NAP codes. Grammaticality of utterances increased from approximately 77% to 87% from fall to spring. All verb errors types decreased over the academic year. Direct feature coding approaches are useful for tracking developmental progress in DLLs' retells. |
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| ISSN: | 1525-7401 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1525740118791138 |
