A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Autor(a) principal: Ely Lemke, Cristiane
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: da Silva Cury, Larissa, Weissheimer, Janaína, Bezerra Mota, Natália, Finger, Ingrid
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/44413
Resumo: The present study aimed at investigating, in a longitudinal way, connectedness and syntactic complexity in written narratives in Portuguese (L1) and English (L2) produced by 5th and 6th grade children enrolled in a bilingual school. For the evaluation of connectedness (thought organization), we used the computational tool SpeechGraphs (MOTA et al., 2012, 2016, 2019); syntactic complexity was verified through the analysis of T-Units and the Subordination Index (HUNT, 1965). Children were asked to write narratives in both languages based on sequences of pictures twice, first in August 2020 and then in August 2021. The longitudinal analysis showed that children wrote more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese, their L1, in both phases of data collection. In addition, they also wrote more connected narratives (LSC – long-range recurrence) and more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese in 2021, in comparison to 2020. With respect to their L2, however, no significant growth was perceived in the connectedness or complexity scores, which could also be interpreted as an effect of the pandemic on the development of students' L2 writing, since children had significantly fewer opportunities to interact in English in online classes, which may have impacted their development of productive skills in their L2.
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spelling A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemicUma investigação longitudinal sobre conectividade do pensamento e complexidade sintática na produção escrita de crianças bilíngues durante a pandemia de COVID-19BilingualismWritten productionConnectednessSyntactic ComplexityGraph analysisBilinguismoprodução escritaConectividadeComplexidade SintáticaAnálise de grafosThe present study aimed at investigating, in a longitudinal way, connectedness and syntactic complexity in written narratives in Portuguese (L1) and English (L2) produced by 5th and 6th grade children enrolled in a bilingual school. For the evaluation of connectedness (thought organization), we used the computational tool SpeechGraphs (MOTA et al., 2012, 2016, 2019); syntactic complexity was verified through the analysis of T-Units and the Subordination Index (HUNT, 1965). Children were asked to write narratives in both languages based on sequences of pictures twice, first in August 2020 and then in August 2021. The longitudinal analysis showed that children wrote more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese, their L1, in both phases of data collection. In addition, they also wrote more connected narratives (LSC – long-range recurrence) and more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese in 2021, in comparison to 2020. With respect to their L2, however, no significant growth was perceived in the connectedness or complexity scores, which could also be interpreted as an effect of the pandemic on the development of students' L2 writing, since children had significantly fewer opportunities to interact in English in online classes, which may have impacted their development of productive skills in their L2.O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar, de forma longitudinal, a conectividade e a complexidade sintática em narrativas escritas em português (L1) e inglês (L2) produzidas por crianças de 5ª e 6ª séries matriculadas em uma escola de currículo bilíngue. Para a avaliação da conectividade (organização do pensamento), foi utilizada a ferramenta computacional SpeechGraphs (MOTA et al., 2012, 2016, 2019); a complexidade sintática foi verificada por meio de T-Units e do Índice de Subordinação (HUNT, 1965). As crianças escreveram narrativas em ambas as línguas baseadas em sequências de figuras em agosto de 2020 e em agosto de 2021. A análise revelou textos sintaticamente mais complexos em português, em ambas as fases de coleta de dados e narrativas mais conectadas e complexas em português em 2021, em comparação com 2020. Com relação à L2, no entanto, não foi percebido crescimento significativo na conectividade ou complexidade sintática em 2021, como esperado, o que também pode ser interpretado como um efeito da pandemia no desenvolvimento da escrita em L2, uma vez que as crianças tiveram significativamente menos oportunidades de interagir em inglês nas aulas online, o que pode ter impactado no desenvolvimento de habilidades produtivas em sua L2.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2023-11-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/4441310.15448/1984-4301.2023.1.44413Letrônica; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): Single Volume ; e44413Letrônica; v. 16 n. 1 (2023): Volume Único ; e444131984-430110.15448/1984-4301.2023.1reponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSenghttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/44413/28234Copyright (c) 2023 Letrônicahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEly Lemke, Cristianeda Silva Cury, LarissaWeissheimer, JanaínaBezerra Mota, NatáliaFinger, Ingrid2024-01-18T13:36:21Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/44413Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2024-01-18T13:36:21letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Uma investigação longitudinal sobre conectividade do pensamento e complexidade sintática na produção escrita de crianças bilíngues durante a pandemia de COVID-19
title A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ely Lemke, Cristiane
Bilingualism
Written production
Connectedness
Syntactic Complexity
Graph analysis
Bilinguismo
produção escrita
Conectividade
Complexidade Sintática
Análise de grafos
title_short A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort A longitudinal investigation of connectedness and syntactic complexity in the written production of bilingual children during the COVID-19 pandemic
author Ely Lemke, Cristiane
author_facet Ely Lemke, Cristiane
da Silva Cury, Larissa
Weissheimer, Janaína
Bezerra Mota, Natália
Finger, Ingrid
author_role author
author2 da Silva Cury, Larissa
Weissheimer, Janaína
Bezerra Mota, Natália
Finger, Ingrid
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ely Lemke, Cristiane
da Silva Cury, Larissa
Weissheimer, Janaína
Bezerra Mota, Natália
Finger, Ingrid
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Bilingualism
Written production
Connectedness
Syntactic Complexity
Graph analysis
Bilinguismo
produção escrita
Conectividade
Complexidade Sintática
Análise de grafos
topic Bilingualism
Written production
Connectedness
Syntactic Complexity
Graph analysis
Bilinguismo
produção escrita
Conectividade
Complexidade Sintática
Análise de grafos
description The present study aimed at investigating, in a longitudinal way, connectedness and syntactic complexity in written narratives in Portuguese (L1) and English (L2) produced by 5th and 6th grade children enrolled in a bilingual school. For the evaluation of connectedness (thought organization), we used the computational tool SpeechGraphs (MOTA et al., 2012, 2016, 2019); syntactic complexity was verified through the analysis of T-Units and the Subordination Index (HUNT, 1965). Children were asked to write narratives in both languages based on sequences of pictures twice, first in August 2020 and then in August 2021. The longitudinal analysis showed that children wrote more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese, their L1, in both phases of data collection. In addition, they also wrote more connected narratives (LSC – long-range recurrence) and more syntactically complex texts in Portuguese in 2021, in comparison to 2020. With respect to their L2, however, no significant growth was perceived in the connectedness or complexity scores, which could also be interpreted as an effect of the pandemic on the development of students' L2 writing, since children had significantly fewer opportunities to interact in English in online classes, which may have impacted their development of productive skills in their L2.
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