Investigation of the relationship between narrative skills of children with different socioeconomic levels and working memory, natural language and home literacy environment

The aim of this study is to examine in detail the narrative skills and working memory, natural language and home early literacy environments of 48-72 months old children from different socioeconomic levels and to investigate the relationship between them. The study group of the research consists of 40 children from different socioeconomic levels attending kindergartens in Istanbul and their parents. In this study, Mercer Mayer's "Frog Where Are You?" book (56) and the "Story Telling Evaluation Form" developed by Işıtan (116) was used for the analysis of children's narratives. "Nonword Word Repetition List" by Akoğlu (118) and "Peg Tapping Task" were applied. The home early literacy environment was evaluated using the "EROY-EV" scale developed by Karaahmetoğlu (123). As a result of the research, there was no statistically significant difference in the sub-dimensions of macrostructure of the stories, the event that started the story, internal reaction, development, search action, search locations, obstacles, finding a title for the story, according to family income level. When the stories of the children were examined microstructurally, it was found that the scores of the story length section differed significantly according to the family income status. Keywords: Narrative Skills, Narration, Working Memory, Natural Language, Home Early Literacy Environment