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Reading Psychology Volume 37, 2016 - Issue 5
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A Comparative Study on Storytelling Perceptions of Chinese, Vietnamese, American, and German Education Students

Kate NguyenDepartment of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, China
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Nile StanleyChildhood Education, Literacy, and TESOL, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Laurel StanleyCollege of Humanities and Sciences, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Astrid RankDepartment of Education, University of Koblenz and Landau, Landau, Germany
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Yonghui WangDepartment of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, China
Pages 728-752 | Published online: 07 Nov 2015
 
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Abstract

The study compared the perceptions of adults from four countries about storytelling. Americans (N = 153), Germans (N = 163), Chinese (N = 324), and Vietnamese (N = 356) completed a survey. Americans' scores on measures of storytelling experiences were the highest overall. Americans and Germans reported having significantly more childhood experiences of storytelling than the Chinese and Vietnamese. Vietnamese reported that storytelling experiences have impacted their resilience and propensity to use storytelling for teaching more than Chinese and Germans. Practical implications are that educators should investigate their students' stance on storytelling so they may leverage culturally responsive literacy practices.

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