ERIC Number: EJ1406571
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0693
Narrative Development of Mandarin-Speaking Children in Grades 2-5 at a Mainland Chinese Primary School
Wei Ding; Meng Wu; Zehan Ye; Wen He
Reading & Writing Quarterly, v40 n1 p54-68 2024
This study investigates the narrative development and main characteristics of primary school students in grades 2-5 in mainland China. Data from 120 primary school students were collected using indicators of narrative development and self-designed narrative ability tests. According to the findings from the analyses, primary school students of different grades demonstrated different performances in terms of macrostructure (completeness, profundity) and microstructure (productivity, elaboration, normative). These results demonstrate that the narrative development of Mandarin-speaking children from grades 2 to 5 in mainland China can be divided into two stages: the grade 2 is the spoken words writing stage and grades 3 to 5 is the transition stage, which means the age effect is significant. Furthermore, the main characteristics of Mandarin-speaking children's spoken words writing stage in mainland China are as follows: They can use language description and psychological activities to describe and record characters, but the structure of story is incomplete; they tended to end a story with an objective ending, while the narrative is insufficient and narrative accuracy is not high. While the children in the transition stage can have a more complete story structure and use longer language descriptions and psychological activities to record things; they tend to use different endings to express themselves and have more precise narratives.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Language Skills, Mandarin Chinese, Age Differences, Story Telling
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Primary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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