ACCOMMODATING CULTURAL-DIFFERENCES IN NARRATIVE STYLE - A MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

Children's atypical narrative performance may reflect individual or cu ltural differences in exposure to narrative contexts and narrative lea rning experience. This article illustrates these variations by focusin g on narratives of children from different Spanish-speaking background s. Available information about individual differences in narrative dev elopment indicates that static assessments may not necessarily differe ntiate narrative differences from disorders. A dynamic assessment mode l that maximizes children's narrative performance and predicts their t rue language learning potential is presented.