Story Elements

2017 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Keyword(s):  
Story Elements

English Narrative Language Growth Across the School Year: Young Spanish–English Dual Language Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Wood ◽  
Mary Claire Wofford ◽  
Clariebelle Gabas ◽  
Yaacov Petscher
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Dual Language Learners ◽  
School Year ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Language Growth ◽  
Story Elements

This study aimed to describe the narrative retell performance of dual language learners (DLLs) in the fall and spring of the school year and examine predictive relationships. Participants included 74 DLLs in kindergarten and first grade from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Microstructural measures included number of different words (NDW), words per minute (WPM), and verb accuracy. Macrostructural measures included number of total story elements and number of different types of story elements. Path analysis models were used to test the relations among variables. Findings indicated that narrative measures were sensitive to developmental differences across the school year. Fall NDW performance in narrative retells was moderately related to both spring NDW and the total number of macrostructural elements in the spring. Spring WPM was uniquely predicted by fall WPM. Authors concluded that narrative retells are sensitive to developmental differences across a school year for DLLs. Findings support the use of narrative retell measures as a promising tool to examine and describe English language growth of young DLLs within a school year.

scholarly journals The strange biography of Samson

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Yair Zakovitch
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Biblical Story ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Book Of Samuel ◽  
Book Of Judges ◽  
Story Elements

The biblical story of the life of Samson hides much from the reader&&the Book of Judges has deleted from the story elements that were deemed improper for the book’s placement among the Holy Scriptures. In this article, the author shows how the Bible transforms Samson from a mythological hero, the son of a god, to a mere mortal whose extraordinary strength came through the spirit of God that rested with him so long as he kept his Nazirite vows. The biblical storyteller could not prevent the story of Samson from entering into the biblical corpus since it was a tale of tremendous popularity. He thus told it in such a way as to bring it closer to his monotheistic beliefs and world-view. In its ‘biblical’ form the story does not bring honor to the figure of Samson, and so his placement as the last of the judges in the Book of Judges prepares the reader for the establishment of the institution of kingship, in the Book of Samuel.

scholarly journals Child labour implications for adults: experiences and childhood

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Denise Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Maria de Fatima Pereira Alberto ◽  
Rafaela Rocha da Costa ◽  
Cristiane Barbosa dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
Reference Center ◽  
Early Labour ◽  
Story Elements

The purpose of this paper is to analyze child labour implications for adults who experienced that process when they were children or adolescents. To this end, we used as tool the Historical-Cultural Psychology approach. Five adults who were child labourers participated of this research. Their children were enrolled or egressed to the Program for the Eradication of Child Labour - PETI, and access to these participants occurred by means of the Reference Center for Social Support - CRAS. The saturation criterion (Minayo, 2008) was applied to delimit the number of participants. Open-interviews with life story elements were used as instruments. Data analysis was carried out through the trees of association of ideas (Spink, 2004). As a result, participants reported that early labour broughtmplications for schooling and health, in addition to losing childhood, and also brought difficulties to obtain employment in the current life.

The Effects of Writing Choice Prompt on the Written Narratives of Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Case Study of an Abandoned Single-Case Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Parks Ennis ◽  
Kristine Jolivette ◽  
Mickey Losinski
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Single Case Design ◽  
Written Narratives ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
Single Case Research ◽  
Writing Prompt ◽  
Story Elements

In this study, we investigated the effects of choice of writing prompt on the number of story elements included in written narratives. The investigation took place in a residential facility for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Participants included six female students in a mixed-grade-level course (students had just completed Grades 7–10). A withdrawal single-case research design was planned for each participant. However, the study was abandoned after only initial baseline and intervention phases because choice of writing prompt appeared to have null or countertherapeutic effects on the number of story elements written. Potential explanations for why these findings are inconsistent with other studies using choice making, including considerations of the file drawer effect for studies with null findings, are presented. Limitations and future directions also are discussed.

Narrative Speech in the Elderly: Effects of Age and Education on Telling Stories

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onésimo Juncos-Rabadán
Keyword(s):  
Mental Representation ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pictorial Representation ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Narrative Competence ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Story Elements

A cross-linguistic study of elderly people's capacity to tell stories in the presence of a pictorial representation is presented; 184 subjects were grouped by age (50-59) and 70-71 years), sex, years of formal education, and language (Catalan, English, French, Galician, and Spanish). Narrative speech was analysed with respect to six variables: story structure; story quality; tangential sentences; descriptive sentences; cohesion links and place deixis. The results show that the ability to understand and tell stories declines with increasing age regardless of language. Education increases capacity to tell stories, but sex has no influence. We conclude that the elderly's capacity to integrate all story elements and to create a mental representation of events and relations between events may be reduced. We suggest that education enhances adults' narrative speech because it improves the metacognitive skills involved in narrative competence.

scholarly journals A tale of two images: the quest to create a story-based image indexing system

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Rafferty ◽  
Fawaz Albinfalah
Keyword(s):  
Image Indexing ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Input Method ◽  
Indexing System ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Literary Devices ◽  
Image Modality ◽  
Story Elements

Purpose – The purpose of this conceptual paper is to consider the possibility of designing a story-based image indexing system based on users’ descriptions of images. It reports a pilot study which uses users’ descriptions of two images. Design/methodology/approach – Eight interviews were undertaken to investigate storytelling in user interpretations of the images. Following this, storytelling was explored as an indexing input method. In all, 26 research subjects were asked to create stories about the images, which were then considered in relation to conventional story elements and in relation to Hidderley and Rafferty's (2005) image modality model. Findings – The results of the semi-structured interviews revealed that the majority of interpretations incorporated story elements related to setting, character, plot, literary devices, and themes. The 52 image stories included story elements identified in the first part of the project, and suggested that the image modality model is robust enough to deal with the “writerly” images used in this study. In addition, using storytelling as an input method encourages the use of verbs and connotative level responses. Originality/value – User indexing is generally based on paradigmatic approaches to concept analysis and interpretation in the form of tagging; the novelty of the current study is its exploration of syntagmatic approaches to user indexing in the form of storytelling. It is a pilot, proof of concept study, but it is hoped that it might stimulate further interest in syntagmatic approaches to user indexing.

scholarly journals SELUBUNG HISTORIOGRAFI SYEKH MAULANA MAGHRIBI WONOBODRO

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Muchamad Fauzan
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Story Elements

This study aimed to reveal the understanding and perceptions of the public upon history of Sheikh Maulana Maghribi’s (SMM) tomb and character. This qualitative approach used historical research. The results showed that the SMM’s history of the tomb and his figures are still remembered and understood among Wonobodro community through two ways, namely: through word of mouth from family members or other people hereditary and through oral explanation from the manager of the tomb complex, especially Interpreter Lock to pilgrims. In addition, it was also revealed that there are two different informants understanding about the real identity of Sheikh Maulana Maghribi. It is caused by lack of depth information obtained by Wonobodro community. The conclusion that there is character and story elements that reflect the similarities of culture, values and experience of informants and community.

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