Accommodating cultural differences in narrative style

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Children's atypical narrative performance may reflect individual or cultural differences in exposure to narrative contexts and narrative learning experience. This article illustrates these variations by focusing on narratives of children from different Spanish-speaking backgrounds. Available information about individual differences in narrative development indicates that static assessments may not necessarily differentiate narrative differences from disorders. A dynamic assessment model that maximizes children's narrative performance and predicts their true language learning potential is presented.