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Narrative Language Intervention: A brief overview




👉🏼 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? The use of 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 as a medium for teaching and developing language


👉🏼 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭? 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (e.g., 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳) & 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (e.g., 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹, 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴).







👉🏼 You can start with a simple narrative and quickly 🌶 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 🌶 (add complexity) by adding 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 (I call this building "𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺") 𝐎𝐑 you can build "𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺" by adding 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 & 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, such as tier 2 words, figurative language, dialogue, subordinating conjunctions & more!




👉🏼 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? There are two subclasses of narratives: retell and generation. There are two types of narrative generation: fictional generation and personal generation. Here's a quick preview of what they are 👇🏼


✨ 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 involves recalling a story that was previously told.

✨ 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 involves creating a novel, new story (that is not a past personal experience)

✨ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 involves telling a story about a personal experience one has had







👉🏼 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐎𝐖? Check out 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 (Spencer & Petersen, 2020)!

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