Open AccessItalian adaptation of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives
Author(s) -
Chiara Levorato,
Maja Roch
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.64.2020.566
Subject(s) - narrative , competence (human resources) , adaptation (eye) , context (archaeology) , comprehension , narrative review , language development , psychology , linguistics , computer science , developmental psychology , history , social psychology , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , psychotherapist
This paper presents the Italian version of the Multilingual Assessment tool for Narratives (MAIN), describes how it was developed and reports on some recent uses of MAIN within the Italian context. The Italian MAIN has been used in different research projects and for clinical purposes; results have been presented at conferences and in peer reviewed papers. The results indicate that MAIN is an appropriate assessment tool for evaluating children’s narrative competence, in production and comprehension from preschool age (5 years) to school age (8 years) in typical language development, bilingual development and language delay/disorders.