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Volume 15, Issue 1
  • ISSN 1387-6740
  • E-ISSN: 1569-9935
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Abstract

The present study examined the narrative styles of Spanish-speaking Peruvian and English-speaking U.S. American, college-educated mothers as they shared a wordless book with their three-year old children. Results show two distinct book reading narrative styles: Storytellers, who act as the sole narrator of an engaging story with minimal child participation, and storybuilders, who co-construct the story with their young children. The two maternal styles are discussed in relation to possible differences in conceptions of oral narrative and of the roles narrator and audience play in the construction of a story. Results of the present study have implications for literacy intervention programs in culturally diverse populations.

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2005-01-01
2025-04-19
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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): Bookreading; Culture; Mother-child interaction; Narrative; Spanish
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