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Task: Listening Comprehension

  • Instruction to student: I am going to read you a story. Listen carefully. When I have finished I am going to ask you to tell the story back to me.

  • Read the first story below aloud to the student. Read it as a story.

  • When you have finished, ask the student to tell you what happened. Say Now tell me the story. Say all you can about it. You can say it in your own way.

  • After 5 minutes ask the child to retell again. Use the chatr to note changes in the students recall.

    If required, use a prompt: Can you tell me any more? What happened next?

Jane was at school and went out to sit on the seats and eat her lunch.
As she opened her lunch box, it fell over and her lunch went on the ground
Jane wondered what she was going to do. Her sandwiches now had dirt all over them. She told her friend, Susan.
Susan took one of the sandwiches from her lunch-box and shared it with Jane.
After lunch, Jane and Susan went into the playground and had a good time playing chasey.

Teacher record sheet

The student needs to retell events in sequence to score points.

Write down the student’s immediate story retelling as accurately as possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prompt provided: Yes / No

 

 

 

or X

after 5 mins

or X

 

or X

after 5 mins

or X

 

or X

after 5 mins

or X

Jane

   

at school

   

went out

   

sit

   

on seats

   

lunch

   

opened lunch-box

   

fell over

   

lunch on ground

   

sandwiches

   

dirt

   

told friend

   

Susan

   

Susan took sandwich from her lunch-box

   

shared it with Jane

   

after lunch

   

Jane and Susan

   

went into playground

   

had a good time

   

playing chasey

         

Scores: Immediate Recall: / 20

 

or X

after 5 minutes
or X

Setting (school, playground)

   

Initiating Event (Jane dropped her sandwiches)

   

Internal Response (Jane wondered what to do)

   

Attempt (She tells her friend Susan)

   

Consequence (Susan gave her a sandwich)

   

Ending (They went off to play)

   

Score: / 6

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