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Verb+s Is Looking for Love: Towards a Meaningful Narrativization of Abstract Content

verfasst von : Serena Zampolli

Erschienen in: Interactive Storytelling

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper discusses the development of a process to narrativize abstract content in the context of English taught as a foreign language, focusing on the teaching of grammar rules which are problematic for Italian learners. It argues that content in story-form is better processed by the human brain compared to non-narrative content, and highlights how the discussion on narrativization of abstract content is still open. Then it describes the challenges to the development of such process, explains a narrativization proposal, and illustrates its development, structure and application. Finally, it presents preliminary results of a first exploratory application in a school context, showing that the process is clear and direct enough to be applied successfully by secondary school students. This process could be the first step towards a new representation of abstract knowledge and the automated creation of metaphorical stories.

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Fußnoten
1
“Speaking English as a Foreign Language” in the definition of Paolo Balboni [1]: they study and practice English living in their home-country, Italy, or anyway in a non-English speaking country.
 
2
To see the video of the story visit https://​youtu.​be/​_​PK86pWaEJY.
 
3
To see this story, visit the link https://​youtu.​be/​y5sF2wQywB8 .
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Verb+s Is Looking for Love: Towards a Meaningful Narrativization of Abstract Content
verfasst von
Serena Zampolli
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_11