Jennifer Solheim is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. While maintaining the UIC French department’s Twitter ...

Early narrative skills are tied to kindergarten literacy among young African American children, according to new research. The study is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American ...

This is unhome all over, right? “I guess that this must be the place.” Unhome took on new significance over the course of the term, one that can be considered more broadly within the experience of the ...

The ability of African-American preschoolers to tell vivid, complex stories predicts those children’s literacy skills later on when they’re in kindergarten, says new research from the Frank Porter ...

Narrative development; Language acquisition; Oral language and literacy; Cultural differences in narration. Allyssa McCabe, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She ...

When I first taught personal narrative in my freshmen Literature and Writing course last year I planned a traditional unit. I practiced descriptive writing techniques by having them listen to the ...

Early narrative skills are tied to kindergarten literacy among young African American children, according to new research from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. The study is the ...