Data for the narrative skills of Urdu-speaking preschoolers.

ABSTRACT: A total of 80 participants were recruited from three private middle SES schools of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan to explore the narrative skills development in Urdu-speaking preschoolers aged between 4-and-5 years. Data collection was completed using a two-stage sampling technique (convenience and purposive). After obtaining parental consent, the participants were screened for their intellectual functioning. Three personal narrative samples, using conversational maps, were collected from the participants who passed the screening. The narrative data were analysed on both macro and microstructural levels by using high point analysis and use of cohesions (conjunctive and referential), mean length of utterances in words (MLUw), the total number of words (TNW), and the number of different words (NDW

SUBMITTER: Hamdani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7829140 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature