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Epstein, Shelley-Ann. 2009. Storytelling skills of children with specific language impairment. Child Language Teaching & Therapy 25 (3) : 285–300.
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Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
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This paper explores the problematic oral narrative production of children with specific language impairment (SLI) in a northwest England mainstream school with attached language unit. It focuses on their capacity to construct and employ elements linked with macro- and microstructural organization, when offered visual vs. verbal tools of oral narrative elicitation. Verbal methods generate the best scores. Mainstream school with an attached language unit in the North West of England.oral narratives (e.g. visual images and conversation techniques) have been used, with little agreement as to which is the most effective in eliciting optimal narratives in children with and without SLI. The aim of the current study was to investigate the oral narrative skills of children with SLI, focusing on their ability to generate and use elements related to macrostructural and microstructural organization when presented with visual vs. Verbal methods of oral narrative elicitation. Eight participants with SLI (mean age 7;7) were recruited from a mainstream school with an attached language unit in the North West of England. The participants produced oral narratives elicited using a wordless picture book and a conversation prompt technique. An examination of the results and raw data suggested that the conversation prompts (verbal method) were more effective at recognizing the oral narrative abilities of children with SLI. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.