大家探讨一下：怎样帮助5岁孩子提高story retelling能力 － 先分享下我查到的方法

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孩子刚刚入prep几周，已经在开始看level 4的reader了，但是story retelling的能力还远远落后于reading的能力。因为意识到口才对孩子的将来非常重要，我开始不淡定了。跟老师探讨了一下，我们觉得可能主要是两个原因：会使用的词汇量和句式不够（中英文都有这个问题）、不敢尝试怕犯错误。

我在网上做了下research，觉得下面的几个方法可以试试。我也开始尝试其中的一些方法，现在效果还不大。可能是要有足够耐心和坚持才行。现在贴出来抛砖引玉，希望有同样兴趣的家长一起讨论一下。

Before asking children to retell a story that has been read to them:
1. Carefully select the book. The story should have a main character, setting and plot.
2. Select 1 or 2 vocabulary words to teach the children so they will understand the story and be able to retell it.
3. Develop a plan for teaching the words.
4. Select the concepts or ideas the book teaches that you want to emphasize. Some books teach many concepts so decide on one or two that are most meaningful to the story.
5. Develop a plan for teaching the concepts.
6. Prepare questions you will ask when reading the story and at the end of the book. The questions should be about the main characters, plot and setting— things that are important for the children to remember about the book.
7. Select props for children to use when retelling the story.
8. Plan questions to ask/prompts to give if children get “stuck” when retelling.

When reading the story:
1. Prepare the children to retell it. Before you start reading the book, tell them to listen carefully since they will be asked to retell it. For example, tell them they will need to remember what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story if the intent is to practice sequencing information. If the intent is to make inferences, tell them to think of things that have happened to them like the characters in the story.
2. Teach the vocabulary words and explain the new concepts/ideas.
3. Ask questions when you read the story and at the end of the book about the main characters, plot and setting

After reading the story:
1. Set the stage. Children will share less information and fewer details if they know the adult has heard the story or has just read the book. So, it is important to ask the children to retell the story as if the adult has never heard it before. This sets the stage for the children to share as much information as possible. You can say: “I just ready the story,_____. Please retell the story to me and pretend I have never heard it before.”
2. Use prompts—if needed. Sometimes it is difficult for children to start telling a story. You could say, “Once there was…” or “One day…” to help them start. If children have difficult remembering a part of the story, you can: a. Ask, “What happened next?’ or b. Repeat the child’s last sentence and add “and then….” “The dog ran home, and then…?” or c. Say, “Tell me more.”

Ideas for practicing storytelling:

Make it a part of your routine to read to your child each night and get them to tell one story to you from the pictures of a favourite book.

Tell someone else.  Read the story to your child then ask them to tell it to someone else, a family member, younger sibling or even a teddy

Play schools. Children love to line up dolls and teddies, sit on a chair, hold a book and be the teacher, telling the story.

Sequence stories. Scan and print some pictures from familiar stories, or buy some cheap or second fairytale books and cut up the pictures.  Help your child to put the pictures in order and tell the story.

Make your own stories. Take some photos on a family outing, print and slip them into a mini photo album and help your child make up a story to go with the pictures. Share your stories with family and friends.

Be the narrator. Try making a slide show on the computer or ipad using your own photos and recording your child’s voice telling the story.

Act it out.  Use dolls, toy figurines, or plastic animals to act out a familiar story. Tell the story as your child acts it out, remembering to use the story structures discussed, then your child can tell as you act it out.  Try using dress ups and letting your child be the character.

对于我的孩子，我觉得她不喜欢我让她一个人讲故事给我听或者给其它人听，她喜欢我说我们一起讲故事给娃娃（或者其它玩具）听，然后她一般会比较主动的抢先说一些。但是至于增加词汇量和句式，不知道有什么快速一些见效的方法。作为家里讲中文的孩子，接触的英文词汇肯定比单一语言的孩子少，有什么弥补的好办法？

另外，老师还分享了一个鼓励她敢于犯错的方法：就是自己故意犯错，然后在她面前自己纠正，这样就让她知道人人都会犯错的，不用因为怕犯错而不去尝试。

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最近孩子的老师提了一个建议，就是可以在孩子retell story的时候帮她拍视频，然后重放给孩子看。这样她会有一些成就感，也会不断看到自己的进步。

我自己最近还试了两个办法，觉得不错。第一个：跟她一起看ABC动画片，看的时候就告诉她看完retell给妈妈听。看完了她竟然要求我假装没看过，然后她将给我听。第二个：她read story的话，我就retell；我read story的话，她就retell 。这样负担比较轻一些，而且像游戏一样，效果蛮好。

fenfen

真好,谢谢分享，打算试试看。

Carnation

谢谢分享。打算尝试一下。

emilyguo10

谢谢分享。

teresajiang

Mark

xiaogz

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大家有什么经验欢迎分享。我本来发帖的初衷是来请教大家的。

fenfen

我最近尝试做游戏，角色扮演的方式，还没看到明显效果。

Selina00

我觉得你的方法挺好的，应该不久就能看到效果。

kelly9881

看过一个方法是讲故事，如果不能很好复述，就继续讲同一个故事，直到满意