Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Development of Narrative Abilities in (Re)telling a Story in Typically Developing Dutch School-Aged Children
Purpose: The primary goal of this study was to examine the normal development of narrative abilities in children aged 4–9 years and to provide normative data for two (re)telling tasks. Method: We included 420 typically developing Dutch-speaking children aged 4–9 years. They completed tasks for story generation (Frog Story Test) and story retelling (Bus Story Test). Narrative samples were analyzed to calculate outcome measures on micro- and macrostructure. Age-related development was examined by linear regression an …