Personal Narratives of 10-Year-Old Children in Iceland: Verbal Productivity, Word Diversity, and Topics.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-27 DOI:10.1159/000533134

Jóhanna T Einarsdóttir, Erna Þráinsdóttir

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Abstract

Introduction: The feasibility of using a standard protocol, labelled as the Global TALES, to elicit personal stories was tested across 10 different countries between 2019 and 2021. Personal narratives have not been investigated in Iceland in a similar way. The aim was to explore personal narratives of monolingual children in Iceland by using the Global TALES (2018) protocol to investigate verbal productivity, semantic diversity, and narrative topics.

Methods: Twenty-seven children (ages 9; 8-10; 9) with typical language development produced personal stories in response to six emotion-based prompts contained in the protocol. The children were interviewed by using the Zoom platform because of COVID restrictions. Children's spoken language was analysed for total number of utterances (TNU), total number of words (TNW), number of different words (NDW), mean length of utterances in words (MLUw), and proportion of words with grammatical errors. The narrative topics were coded and documented.

Results: The spoken language measures showed that there was a large individual variability within the group on all metrics examined. The mean TNU was 62.1 (SD 20.2) utterances, the mean for TNW was 546 (SD 219) words, the mean for NDW was 206 (SD 62) words, and the MLUw was 8.6 (SD 1.5) words in an utterance. Despite the variability in spoken language performance, around 70-75% of the participants produced TNU, TNW, NDW, and MLUw within +/- 1 SD from the mean. The topics of the stories were most frequently related to personal achievement or relationships with the family or friends.

Conclusion: The Global TALES (2018) protocol can be used to elicit personal stories in 10-year-old children in Iceland. The results related to verbal productivity and the topics of interest were in line with previous studies around the world.

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冰岛10岁儿童的个人叙述:言语生产力、词汇多样性和话题。

2019年至2021年期间，在10个不同国家测试了使用名为“全球故事”的标准协议来引出个人故事的可行性。在冰岛，个人叙事还没有以类似的方式进行调查。目的是通过使用全球故事(2018)协议来调查语言生产力、语义多样性和叙事主题，探索冰岛单语儿童的个人叙事。方法:27例儿童(9岁;8 - 10;具有典型语言发展的人根据协议中包含的六个基于情感的提示写出了个人故事。由于COVID限制，使用Zoom平台对儿童进行了采访。分析儿童口语的总话语数(TNU)、总单词数(TNW)、不同单词数(NDW)、平均单词中话语长度(MLUw)和语法错误单词比例。叙述主题被编码和记录。结果:口语测量显示，在所有检测的指标上，组内存在很大的个体差异。平均TNU为62.1 (SD为20.2)个单词，TNW为546 (SD为219)个单词，NDW为206 (SD为62)个单词，MLUw为8.6 (SD为1.5)个单词。尽管口语表现存在差异，但大约70-75%的参与者产生的TNU、TNW、NDW和MLUw与平均值相差在+/- 1个SD内。这些故事的主题通常与个人成就或与家人或朋友的关系有关。结论:全球故事(2018)协议可以用来引出冰岛10岁儿童的个人故事。与语言表达能力和兴趣话题相关的结果与世界各地之前的研究一致。

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Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

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2.30

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10.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 1947, ''Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica'' provides a forum for international research on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of structures of the speech, language, and hearing mechanisms. Original papers published in this journal report new findings on basic function, assessment, management, and test development in communication sciences and disorders, as well as experiments designed to test specific theories of speech, language, and hearing function. Review papers of high quality are also welcomed.