Online assessment of narrative macrostructure in adult Irish-English multilinguals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Online assessment of narrative production and comprehension became an important component of language assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to establish quantitative measures of narrative macrostructure in the production and comprehension of adult Irish-English bilinguals in an online assessment.

Methods

A total of 30 Irish-English bilingual adults participated in an online assessment of oral narrative production and comprehension. Narratives were elicited using LITMUS-MAIN for Irish and English. Story-tell elicitation method was used for all stories. Twenty participants produced Baby Birds and Baby Goats story pairs while 10 participants produced Cat and Dog story pairs. Quantitative measures of story structure, comprehension score, and the ov

SUBMITTER: Antonijevic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9374173 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature