Analiza pripovjednih sposobnosti djece s odgodom upisa u prvi razred
Analysis of the narrative abilities of children with delayed enrollment in first grade

Summary/Abstract: Storytelling is a complex language skill that develops from an early age, and provides insight into vocabulary knowledge and language abilities. In this paper, using a linguistic approach, storytelling is analyzed in two ways - macrostructure and microstructure. Macrostructure refers to the organization and structure of the story: the opening event, the attempt and goal of solving the problem, the reactions of the characters to cause and effect, and at the level of microstructure, the linguistic features of storytelling, syntactic complexity and vocabulary diversity are observed. The aim of this research was to examine and evaluate the storytelling abilities of two groups of preschool children, those who will enroll in the first grade in the next pedagogical year and those children who will receive a postponement of school enrollment. Research participants were examined with MAIN, a multilingual instrument for the assessment of storytelling (Hržica and Kuvač-Kraljević, 2012), and the macrostructure and microstructure of storytelling were observed. A statistically significant difference was obtained on macrostructure variables, with which children who regularly enroll in first grade achieved significantly better results. The results of achievement at the level of macrostructure of storytelling enable knowledge about language components. In the analysis of language components - apart from morphology, syntax and semantics - the analysis of pragmatics as a language component is also included. The results of the research provide insight into the linguistic features of narrative discourse and the macrostructure of storytelling.

• Details
• Contents