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Several studies find that the ability to tell stories is directly related to the ability to learn how to read. The fancy name for what goes on in storytelling is “decontextualized” language. That is, when you tell a good story, you set up the listener with all of the structure and language he needs to interpret what you are saying. The listener should be able to follow the story and “get it.” This is very different from the kind of “contextualized” language that we often use with our friends and children. When we talk to people we know well and with whom we share gobs of experiences and information, we can leave out all the niceties involved in setting the scene and providing a structure. We can just talk and know we will be understood.
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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Golinkoff
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