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Michaels, S. (1981) Sharing time: Children’s narrative styles and differential access
to literacy. Language in Society 10, 423–442.
This article has become a classic in the fi eld and illustrates how the genre of
storytelling during primary school ‘sharing time’ varies considerably across
white children and black children in one classroom. Michaels identifi es two distinct
styles of narration and argues that, while the teacher initially misunderstands
the black narrative style as digressive and incoherent, these children’s
narratives are not ‘incorrect’ but, instead, highly communicative and functional
narrative genres in a different social milieu. This research illustrates clearly how
metalinguistic awareness of narrative style could provide greater access to literacy
to all children.
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