Results found: 1

Search results

Search:
in the keywords: evaluative component of narratives

Sort By:

Limit search:

Explaining Events in Narratives: The Impact of Scaffolding in 4 To 12 Year Old Children

100%

Veneziano E., Hudelot C.

Psychology of Language and Communication

2009

vol. 13

issue 1

3-20

The focus of this article is the manner in which 4 to 12 year old children deal with the "evaluative" component of narratives (Labov & Waletsky, 1967). After spontaneously telling their first version of a story of a misunderstanding between two characters, constructed on the basis of a sequence of five images, children participated in a scaffolding procedure during which they were questioned about the reasons for the events. After this non-intrusive, Piagetian-styled clinical interview, children were asked to recount the story a second time. For children's first narratives, our study confirms earlier results by showing that, before 8-9 years, children rarely mention the epistemic states of the characters. The false belief of one of the characters and its rectification are rarely mentioned before 10-11 years and even at that age by few children. Presenting a story based on a misunderstanding does not facilitate this kind of narration. However, in the narrative produced after scaffolding, 6-7 year old children increase considerably their references to the characters' internal states, and from 8-9 years, the expression of false belief and of its rectification. These results call for multiple evaluations in order to best grasp children's narrative competence.

Refine search results

1 Psychology of Language and Communication

1 Hudelot C.

1 Veneziano E.

1 2009

Search results

Explaining Events in Narratives: The Impact of Scaffolding in 4 To 12 Year Old Children