THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NARRATIVE DISCOURSE IN L2: DESCRIBING EVENTS AND STORIES OF CHILDREN IN DIFFERENT AGES (FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS)
Abstract
The paper presents a study about the implementation of narrative discourse in describing events or stories affecting the children"s language development in different ages (fourth and fifth grade students) and their perceptions towards a personal and a fictional narrative discourse. In all, four participants, two-low and two-high performances" ability in different ages ( 10 years old and 11 years old) Minxong Elementary school, were asked to tell two narrative stories : a personal and a fictional narrative in English. Participants then answered the series of interviewed concerning what their opinions about preferring a personal to a fictional narrative discourse. The paper concludes that the sample of children in the different ages, their narratives were briefer, and less grammatical. Besides, the children at 11 years old were more able to describe events or stories than 10 years old. Then, children at 10 years old preferred using a personal narrative to fictional narrative while children at 11 years old preferred using a fictional narrative to a personal one.
Keywords
Personal Narrative, Fictional Narrative