Telling stories: a proposal of dynamic assessment of the children narrative

Authors

  • Alessandra Brunoro Motta
  • Sônia Regina Fiorim Enumo
  • Maria Margarida Pereira Rodrigues
  • Lidiane Leite

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5707

Keywords:

language assessment, dynamic assessment, child narrative

Abstract

Language plays a key role in human life, contributing to the development of cognitive and social skills. Among the forms of evaluating the child linguistic behavior, the narratives have been used through activities such as describing illustrations and retelling stories. The evaluation, done by dynamic assessment - including help from the examiner during the process - has proved to be appropriate. Investigating this procedure, this research tested the application of dynamic testing of the narrative in 10 children of both genders, with age between 5 and 7 years, attending to a public preschool of Vitoria/ES. The instrument used evaluates aspects of the narration of stories, using two story books, with colored ilustrations. All the children improved the productivity of the story between the first and second story in at least one of the aspects evaluated. The components “Information about the characters” (90%) and “Complexity of the Vocabulary” (80%) presented an increase of 80% or more. The instrument was proved to be appropriate to the evaluation of the narrative of the children, motivating the child to participate.

 

Keywords: language assessment; dynamic assessment; child narrative.

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Published

2006-08-29

How to Cite

Motta, A. B., Enumo, S. R. F., Rodrigues, M. M. P., & Leite, L. (2006). Telling stories: a proposal of dynamic assessment of the children narrative. Interação Em Psicologia, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5707

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2006)

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