Title of article :
Comparing Narrative Microstructures between Bilingual Balochi- Persian Preschoolers and Monolingual Persian Preschoolers
Author/Authors :
Arabpour Dahouie, Maryam Department of Speech and Language Therapy - Faculty of Rehabilitation - Zahedan University of Medical sciences , Nakhshab, Mahbube Department of Speech and Language Therapy - University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran , Abdolrashidi, Najme Kerman Welfare Organization , Molaiefard, Mahtab Department of Speech and Language Therapy - Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital - Zahedan University of Medical Sciences , Bakhtyari, Shima Department of Speech and Language Therapy - Faculty of Rehabilitation - Zahedan University of Medical sciences , Ansari, Hossein Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Zahedan University of Medical Science
Abstract :
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
Keywords :
Narrative , Microstructure , Bilingualism , Balochi language
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
