Date of Award
5-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Committee Chair(s)
Sandra Gillam
Committee
Sandra Gillam
Committee
Jamison Fargo
Committee
Ron Gillam
Abstract
This study was designed to determine whether mazing behavior in narrative retells of bilingual English and Spanish speaking children was affected by language, complexity of sentence structure, and language development over time. Language transcripts were analyzed from English and Spanish narrative retells elicited from 216 children between the ages of 5 and 9 at the beginning and end of kindergarten, first, and second grade years. Findings revealed a statistically significant difference in the average maze scores and sentence types. A significant interaction was also found between time and language, with maze scores remaining nearly level over time in English and decreasing slightly in Spanish.
Recommended Citation
Hopper, Joel, "Learning Two Languages: Maze Behaviors in Narrative Discourse for Spanish-English Bilinguals" (2014). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 440.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/440
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