Writing Storybooks as Storytelling: A Case Study of Two Families with Refugee Backgrounds

Autor/in	Cun, Aijuan
Titel	Writing Storybooks as Storytelling: A Case Study of Two Families with Refugee Backgrounds
Quelle	In: Written Communication, 40 (2023) 4, S.1113-1143 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cun, Aijuan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-0883
DOI	10.1177/07410883231186138
Schlagwörter	Story Telling; Refugees; Foreign Countries; Written Language; Oral Language; Parent Child Relationship; Sibling Relationship; Peer Relationship; Writing Processes; Experience; Freehand Drawing; Picture Books; Burma; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Ausland; Geschriebene Sprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Erfahrung; Drawing; Zeichnen; Picture book; Bilderbuch; USA
Abstract	This article describes a qualitative study of how two ethnic Burmese families in the United States authored storybooks that included their children's drawings and writings representing their families' stories. The theoretical perspectives of storytelling and the social semiotics multimodal approach were utilized in this inquiry. The data included interviews, video recordings of the storybook-writing process, artifacts, and informal conversations. The data were collected when both families participated in the study together. The findings show that the children took the lead in authoring and composing their storybooks and carefully chose the topics for their drawings and writings and that the process was mediated through their mothers' oral storytelling and conversations with siblings and friends. The findings suggest that schools and teachers need to incorporate multimodal storytelling into class activities and use storytelling to support children's agency. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01