From oral to written language: Preschool children dictating stories
Titel:
From oral to written language: Preschool children dictating stories
Auteur:
Pontecorvo, Clotilde Zucchermaglio, Cristina
Verschenen in:
Journal of literacy research
Paginering:
Jaargang 21 (1989) nr. 2 pagina's 109-126
Jaar:
1989
Inhoud:
This study, part of a larger longitudinal research project, examined the process and products of story dictation of beginning readers. The subjects were 14 six-year-old Italian school children from low socioeconomic backgrounds who were interviewed four times (March, May, December and May of the following year) over a period of 16 months. In the interviews, the subjects were asked to construct and dictate a story in response to a picture stimulus, to reflect on their own stories, and to respond to questions from the scribes. The products (the stories) were analyzed for story structure elements, variety of verbal tenses, use of connectives, and anaphoric references. The processes (metatextual elements of interaction with the scribe) were analyzed according to variations in dictation speed, text segmentation, terminal signalling, and indications of revision. Results support an emergent literacy perspective, provide direction for further research, and are related to the needs of the early childhood curriculum.
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