Jamie: One child's journey from oral to written language

This case study is a report of one preliterate child's retelling of a story, which she heard in its complete form during the first session and then retold each week for eight weeks. The sessions were audiotaped and transcripts analyzed for changes in the quality and nature of the child's r...

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Published in:Early childhood research quarterly 1988-06, Vol.3 (2), p.193-208
Main Authors: Lartz, Maribeth Nelson, Mason, Jana M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This case study is a report of one preliterate child's retelling of a story, which she heard in its complete form during the first session and then retold each week for eight weeks. The sessions were audiotaped and transcripts analyzed for changes in the quality and nature of the child's retellings. The child nearly doubled the amount of information she told, and the quality of her retelling improved dramatically. Retellings were brief during the first two sessions, but then shifted to a storytelling approach. During the last two sessions, the child attempted to read large parts of the text. The results suggest that a child who is read to at home can use a repeated retelling activity and can eventually render the story so close to the actual text that an advance into reading may occur.
ISSN:0885-2006
1873-7706
DOI:10.1016/0885-2006(88)90022-1