Chapter
Differences Among Styles for Mothers and Children
Cultural Comparisons in Narrative Styles
3 Early Sociocommunicative Narrative Patterns During Costa Rican Mother-Infant Interaction
Can Infants Participate in Early Conversations?
Coding of Mother–Infant Communicative Behaviors
Between-Cultural Differences
Maternal Facial Expression and Vocalizations
Frequency of Vocalizations
Within-Group Differences: Maternal Education
Discussion and implications
4 Lessons in Mother-Child and Father-Child Personal Narratives in Latino Families
Parents’ Role in Children’s Narratives
Lesson #1: The Importance of Family
Lesson #2: Messages About Gender Roles
Lesson #3: Educational Achievements and Academic Success in Latino Families
Messages About Gender Roles
Educational achievements in latino families
5 Evaluation in Spanish-Speaking Mother-Child Narratives: The Social and Sense-Making Function of Internal-State References
Sociocognitive functions of narrative evaluation
Sources of Variations in Narrative Evaluation
Number and Types of Internal-State References
Differences Across Contexts
Gender and age differences
6 Love, Diminutives, and Gender Socialization in Andean Mother-Child Narrative Conversations
Emotion and Gender in Narratives
How Are Diminutives Used by Mothers of Boys and Mothers of Girls?
How Are Diminutives Used to Highlight Emotions?
Discussion and conclusion
Part Two DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT NARRATION
7 The Intersection of Language and Culture Among Mexican-Heritage Children 3 to 7 Years Old
Cultural Community Participation and Language Practices
Narrative Development in Latino Families
Enacted Language Practices
Articulated Language Practices
Early Protonarrative Task (36 Months)
Semi-Elicited Narrative Task (54 Months)
Child-Elicited Narratives (78 Months)
Basic Language Characteristics
Narrative Elements Provided by Child and Adult
Becoming Independent Narrators: Narrative Development From 3 to 6 Years Old
Basic Language Characteristics of Narratives
Language Used in Narratives
Highpoint Analysis Assessing Overall Narrative Story Structure
36 Months: Mother Demonstrates
54 Months: Mother Scaffolds
78 Months: Child Demonstrates Narrative Independence
Narrative elements provided by child and adult
Narrative Features Provided by Child
Child’s Use of Connectives in Narrative
Adult Scaffolding Strategies
Understanding heterogeneity in language practices
Enacted Language Practices
Articulated Language Practices
Understanding Variations in Narrative Development Across Language Practices
Language Practices and Narrative Elements
Normative Narrative Development
Heterogeneity in Language Practices
Narrative Development Related to Variations in Language Practices
Implications for Researchers and Educators
8 Beyond Chronicity: Evaluation and Temporality in Spanish-Speaking Children's Personal Narratives
Narrative Development and Sequentiality
Participants and Procedures
Scope: Narrativization of One Versus Multiple Experiences
Understanding the results
Andean Spanish Narratives: Beyond Chronicity
Narratives with Analeptic Evaluation
Narratives With Proleptic Evaluation
Midwestern english narratives: chronicity as the goal
Andean spanish narratives: multiple anecdotes
Narrative With Multianecdotal Evaluation
General discussion and conclusion
9 Narrative Stance in Venezuelan Children's Stories
Evaluative language and narrative stance
Use of Evaluative Language in Narrative Perspective Building
Narrative voice and narrative genre
Combining Voices: Representing Speech in Narratives
Voices in fictional and personal narratives
10 Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Costa Rican Children's Narratives and Links with Other Traditions
The Brunka (Boruca Territory)
The Maleku (Margarita and Tonjibe Communities)
The Bribri (Shiroles Community)
Los Afro-Caribe nos (Town of Cahuita)
Dominican American Children’s Community
Narrative structure: results of highpoint analysis
Narrative Structure: Results of Story Grammar Analysis
Implications for Assessment of Latino Children’s Narration
Implications for Narrative Intervention With Latino Children
Part Three NARRATIVE LINKS TO LITERACY AND OTHER SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
11 Latino Mothers and Their Preschool Children Talk About the Past: Implications for Language and Literacy
Parent use of elaboration in talk about the past
Children tell personal stories of their own
Links between parent…child reminiscing and children's storytelling
Miguel and His Mother Recall Making Cookies
Significance for latino narrative
Implications for language and literacy in the preschool classroom
Appendix: coding scheme for elaborativeness in parental conversational style
12 The Contribution of Spanish-Language Narration to the Assessment of Early Academic Performance of Latino Students
The Current Context of U.S. Bilingual Schooling
Development of Spanish-English Bilingual Narration
Broadening the Definition of Successful Bilingual Education
Adding Depth to the Definition of Successful Bilingual Education
Spanish-Language and English-Language Narrative Abilities
Academic Abilities of the Three Spanish Narrative-Ability Groups
Spanish Narrative High-Ability Group
Spanish Narrative Medium-Ability Group
Spanish Narrative Low-Ability Group
Appendix: examples of oral narrative prompts (english-language version)
13 Cultural Variation in Narrative Competence and Its Implications for Children's Academic Success
The importance of sociocultural perspectives on discourse and learning
The role of narrative in children's experience of schooling
A challenge to literacy educators and researchers
Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy
：Culture, Cognition, and Emotion
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