Course Overview

This course aims to provide trainees the theoretical knowledge of narrative skill and hands-on experiences in lesson design for enhancing children's oral narrative skills.

Course Category

• Chinese as an L2 teaching strategy

Course Level

• Intermediate

Course Objective

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Master the key components of narrative skills.

• Understand the impact of narrative skills to child language development.

• Design classroom activities for enhancing students' oral narrative skills.

Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

• The development of children's narrative skills
• How narrative skills relate to language competence.
• Activities for enhancing oral narrative skills (basics)：Story elements, retell and recount.
• Activities for enhancing oral narrative skills (A step further): theme and roles
• Summary, combined activities and discussion