Visualizing Narrative: A Cross-Cultural Case Study

DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L315.48

Authors: Tracy H. Ward

Abstract: 

A cross-cultural exchange between American and Thai students working across the modalities of spoken and signed language provided the authors with a rich environment in which to examine the interface between language and narrative as students learned to share stories in ways that communicated clearly and were culturally appropriate.

Keywords: translation; cross-cultural; narrative; language learning