中文摘要
本研究旨在探討台灣以國語為母語之三、四、五歲幼兒在生活經驗敘事結構上的發展，主要的分析面向包括敘事巨結構元素、巨結構模式以及微結構元素，研究對象為48位以國語為母語的學齡前兒童，依年齡分為三組，每一個年齡層16人（男女各8人），蒐集其生活經驗之敘事語料進行編碼分析。
本研究的發現結果如下：
一、 在敘事巨結構元素的使用上，三、四、五歲幼兒生活經驗敘事結構元素的比例並沒有太大差異，複雜化行動所佔之比例最高，次為背景介紹、評價、附屬與問題解決。三歲幼兒很少有問題解決，在此一元素之上與五歲組幼兒有顯著差異。
二、 三歲幼兒的敘事最多落入兩個事件的敘說模式，而四歲組最多的是流水帳式敘事，五歲組16人中已有10人達到典型敘事的標準。
三、 幼兒最常出現的凝聚策略為指涉和連接成分以及詞彙銜接，替代和省略則很少出現。
本研究發現三、四、五歲幼兒使用巨結構元素的異同、年齡和巨結構敘事模式以及年齡層對微結構元素使用之間的關聯性，並提供給家長、教師及未來研究之建議。

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