Weekly five-task talking-story-book cycle integrating listening, retelling, comprehension checking, phonics and story completion¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article describes a weekly instructional cycle built around one talking story book, in which learners listen once or twice, then complete sequenced tasks across the week: "Task One Memory-Based Understanding", narrative retelling, true-false questions, phonics word completion, and a written conclusion or completion of 3-5 lines. Each task was assigned to a specific day and was designed to assess a component of reading comprehension such as auditory memory, sequencing and phonics discrimination.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Each participant needs a well-illustrated talking story book with audio played at a child-like pace and tone
Tasks are spread across the week, one talking story book per week

Constraints¶

Evaluated only with Saudi sixth-grade EFL learners over four weeks using Lady Bird Level 3 stories of 1300 to 1600 words

Target Learners¶

young EFL learners in elementary school

Learning Goals¶

reading comprehension
retelling
spelling
phonics
auditory memory

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Hashem Ahmed Alsamadani. (2017). The Effect of Talking Story Books on Saudi Young EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. English Language Teaching, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n5p204

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`title`	`Weekly five-task talking-story-book cycle integrating listening, retelling, comprehension checking, phonics and story completion`
`description`	`The article describes a weekly instructional cycle built around one talking story book, in which learners listen once or twice, then complete sequenced tasks across the week: "Task One Memory-Based Understanding", nar...`
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`sources`	1 — `hashem-ahmed-alsamadani-2017`

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