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Tafaroji Yeganeh M, kamari E. Comparison of the Content of Narratives by Individuals with Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children. J Except Educ 2026; 1 (191) :17-32
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1- uswr , ma.yeganeh@uswr.ac.ir
2- farhangian
2- farhangian
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Background and Purpose: Research has showed that children with Down syndrome experience difficulties in developing plot line when narrating a story. The present study aimed to investigate the narrative storytelling skills of children with Down syndrome in producing the plot line.
Materials and Methods: To this end, 33 children with Down syndrome and typically developing children in three groups (33 matched in mental age, 33 matched in syntax comprehension and 33 matched in mean length of utterances) were asked to narrate the picture story of Frog! Where Are You? Their narratives were subsequently analyzed in terms of plot line.
Results: The findings revealed that, despite the limited vocabulary and syntax, children with Down syndrome outperformed the group matched for MLU in producing plot line. Their performance was comparable to that of the group matched for syntax comprehension.
Conclusion: The results indicated that the group with Down syndrome demonstrated a conceptual understanding of the picture story similar to that of the children matched for syntax comprehension. This conceptual understanding enabled them to produce richer conceptual content despite limitation in formal expressive language measures.
Materials and Methods: To this end, 33 children with Down syndrome and typically developing children in three groups (33 matched in mental age, 33 matched in syntax comprehension and 33 matched in mean length of utterances) were asked to narrate the picture story of Frog! Where Are You? Their narratives were subsequently analyzed in terms of plot line.
Results: The findings revealed that, despite the limited vocabulary and syntax, children with Down syndrome outperformed the group matched for MLU in producing plot line. Their performance was comparable to that of the group matched for syntax comprehension.
Conclusion: The results indicated that the group with Down syndrome demonstrated a conceptual understanding of the picture story similar to that of the children matched for syntax comprehension. This conceptual understanding enabled them to produce richer conceptual content despite limitation in formal expressive language measures.
Keywords: Down syndrome, Narrative competence, Narrative production, Language impairment, Storytelling, Typically developing children
Type of Study: Original Article |
Subject:
Mental Retarded
Received: 2025/May/Sat | Revised: 2026/Jun/Tue | Accepted: 2026/Feb/Tue | Published: 2026/May/Tue | ePublished: 2026/May/Tue
Received: 2025/May/Sat | Revised: 2026/Jun/Tue | Accepted: 2026/Feb/Tue | Published: 2026/May/Tue | ePublished: 2026/May/Tue
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