ADVISING SPEECH ACT IN AN INTERACTIVE STORY TELLING PERFORMED BY AN ISLAMIC KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

The aim of this study is to describe the speech act of advising found in an interactive story telling event in a classroom setting. The speech act of advising is one of the sub type of directive speech act based on Searle’s classification which is different from other subtypes such as suggesting. The data on the speech act were taken first by identifying the interaction occuring as the unit of analysis, then points out the units which show advising. Finally, using the theory of speech act and politeness and considering social and cultural contexts, a description of any aspects related to the speech act of advising was proposed. This study found that advising is not performed directly in story telling. Instead, most of the utterances reflect indirect advices.  Within the framework of intertextuality and the function of story telling in educational context, the writer comes to signify that a storytelling activity enables the teacher performs many kinds of advises delivered in non threatening mode. Comparative study on the effectiveness of indirect advice through story telling and direct advice should be the prospective further study

PENGGUNAAN MULTIMEDIA INTERAKTIF BERBASIS SAINTIFIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERCERITA WAYANG PADA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

The purpose of this research is to increase the story-telling skill of leather-teather story by using multimedia interactive learning with scientific approach on third grade students in SD Negeri Karangasem III in the academic year 2016/2017. The form of this research is classroom action researches conducted in two cycles. The research subject are me, the teacher and the third grade students of SD negeri Karangasem III in the academic year 2016/2017 consisted of 32 students. Data collecting techniques used are documentation, observation, interview and test. Data analysis technique used is interactive analyses (Miles & Huberman). Data validations used are sources and technique triangulation. Based on the result of this research it can be concluded that the use of multimedia interactive learning with scientific approach can improve the story-telling skill of leather-teather story on the third grade students of SD Negeri Karangasem in the academic year 2016/2017. It can be proven by the improvement of the story-telling skill score in each cycle. The class average score of the story-telling skill before the treatment was only 54,9 with the minimum learning completeness of 31,2%. After the treatment, the class average score become 72,34 with the minimum learning completeness of 71,88%  in cycle I, and become 81,27, with the minimum learning completeness of 90,63% in cycle II

Interactive narration with a child: impact of prosody and facial expressions

International audienceIntelligent Virtual Agents are suitable means for interactive sto-rytelling for children. The engagement level of child interaction with virtual agents is a challenging issue in this area. However, the characteristics of child-agent interaction received moderate to little attention in scientific studies whereas such knowledge may be crucial to design specific applications. This article proposes a Wizard of Oz platform for interactive narration. An experimental study in the context of interactive story-telling exploiting this platform is presented to evaluate the impact of agent prosody and facial expressions on child participation during storytelling. The results show that the use of the virtual agent with prosody and facial expression modalities improves the engagement of children in interaction during the narrative sessions

Implementasi Cooperative Learning Tipe Think-Pair-Share Dalam Pembelajaran Bercerita Di SMPK Yos Sudarsoh Kecamatan Ende Tengah

This study aimed to describe the application of Cooperative Learning, particularly Think-Pair Share in teaching story-telling skill as one of the productive language skill. This study is a qualitative study. Place of this research at lower scondary school Yos Sudarsoh Kecamatan Ende Tengah. The sources of data include (1) the informant, the teachers and students, (2) events, such as the learning process of story-telling skill using Think-Pair Share, and (3) document. The data collection techniques used in this research include interview, observation, and document analysis. Data analysis techniques used is an interactive technique which is presented in a descriptive form. The results indicate that (1) the stages of learning of the Think-Pair Share as described in the lessosn plan were in accordance with the general stages described in the the theory, (2) the implementation of Cooperative Learning especiallay Think-Pair-Share technique in the teaching learning process was in accordance with what has been described the lesson plan, (3) the appreciation of the implementation of the Cooperative learning method especially the Think-Pair-Share technique was pretty good

The effects of interactive read-alouds on early reader’s comprehension

The purpose of this study was to the examine the impact of using children\u27s literature as a means to increase reading comprehension through interactive story telling with an emphasis on text selection, vocabulary knowledge, and language instruction with interactive activities. To increase comprehension, language, and vocabulary skills, five first grade students who participate in a reading intervention program engaged in this eight week study. During the study, the five participants met with the researcher one hour a day, four times a week for eight weeks. The focus during this small group instruction time concentrated on language development through dialogic reading, vocabulary development, and comprehension through text selection. The results suggested that overall the participant\u27s demonstrated growth in comprehension, vocabulary, and language development

Exploring narrativity in data visualization in journalism

Many news stories are based on data visualization, and storytelling with data has become a buzzword in journalism. But what exactly does storytelling with data mean? When does a data visualization tell a story? And what are narrative constituents in data visualization? This chapter first defines the key terms in this context: story, narrative, narrativity, showing and telling. Then, it sheds light on the various forms of narrativity in data visualization and, based on a corpus analysis of 73 data visualizations, describes the basic visual elements that constitute narrativity: the instance of a narrator, sequentiality, temporal dimension, and tellability. The paper concludes that understanding how data are transformed into visual stories is key to understanding how facts are shaped and communicated in society