摘要：This study investigated 2- and 3-year-olds` story comprehension by story structure. Sixty-eight children from day-care centers in Seoul and Kyunggi province were tested story comprehension about causal,noncausal,discontinuous story presented by pictures. Story comprehension included literal,inferential,＆ empathic comprehension. Data were analysed by ANOVA(repeated measure) and t-test. The result showed that 3-year-olds scored higher in literal and inferential comprehension than 2-year-olds. Children`s story comprehension(literal,inferential,＆ empathic) scores were higher in causal structure than discontinuous and noncausal structure..
关键词：Literal comprehension; inferential comprehension; empathic comprehension; story structure
