International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


speech skills

Structural features of narratives produced by bilingual children living in Kyrgyz Republic

The article deals with Russian-language narratives produced by bilingual children aged 4–6 year, living in Kyrgyzstan and speaking both Russian and Kyrgyz languages. Children are developing in the situation of «mixed bilingualism», with Russian as a dominant language. Narratives were collected using the MAIN experimental tool, which includes several sets of pictures for telling/retelling stories, standard texts for retellings, and tables for evaluating speaking skills.