2 research outputs found
Comparing Narrative Microstructure between Bilingual Balochi-Persian and Monolingual Persian Preschoolers
Background: To date, with rapid increase of bilingual children, more attention about different patterns of the bilingual children narratives is needed. The aim of this study was to compare microstructure level of narratives generated by typical developing kindergarten children who were bilingual in Persian and Balochi with monolingual Persian speakers.
Method: Thirty Persian-speaking monolingual and thirteen available bilingual children (aged 48 months old) participated in this study. Children’s story telling was audio-recorded and analyzed using the Persian-NAP (Narrative Assessment Protocol) guidelines.
Results: All of the NAP indicators include of group structure, phrase structure, modifiers, noun and verbs didn’t show significant difference between monolingual and bilingual children (0.06≤p≤0.5).
Conclusion: We didn’t find different performance in the five NAP indicators between bilingual and monolingual children. It may be suggested that the different patterns of creating phrases and sentences in two languages don’t affect the grammatical use of them in second language
Comparing Narrative Microstructures between Bilingual BalochiPersian Preschoolers and Monolingual Persian Preschoolers
Background: With the rapid increase of bilingual children, more attention is
needed on different patterns of their narratives. The aim of this study was to
compare levels of narrative microstructures generated by typical developing
kindergarten children who were bilingual in Persian and Balochi with their
monolingual Persian-speaking counterparts.
Methods: A total number of 30 Persian-speaking monolingual children and 13
available bilingual children (aged 48 months old) participated in this study. Their
storytelling was audio-recorded and analyzed using Persian-NAP (Narrative
Assessment Protocol) guidelines.
Results: None of the NAP indicators (including group structure, phrase
structure, modifiers, noun, and verbs) showed any significant difference between
monolingual and bilingual children (0.06≤P≤0.5).
Conclusion: We did not find different performances in the five NAP indicators
between bilingual and monolingual children. It may be suggested that different
patterns of creating phrases and sentences in the two languages do not affect
grammatical use in the second language