Story Title: The Magic Touch
Setting: In Greece / at the mountain god’s birthday party/ in the palace Main Characters: the king / the mountain god/ the queen
Problem/ Goal:
The king turns his wife into gold.
Main Events:
1. A greedy king lives in his palace in Greece.
2. At the mountain god’s birthday party, the king gives the god a great gift.
3. The mountain god gives him a magic power so the king can turn things into gold.
4. The king tries his power in his garden and turns many things into gold.
5. When the king is hungry, he grabs the apple but it turns into a gold one.
6. The king is scared because he can’t eat anything.
7. When the queen helps him, she becomes a gold queen.
8. The mountain god sees what happens.
9. The mountain god takes back the magic power because the king feels sorry.
10. Everything goes back to the way it is .
End: The king is not greedy and he helps his people so his people respect him.
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APPENDIX J-1 Story 4 for the Story Instruction
A Selfish Giant
A giant lives in a pretty house. He has a wonderful garden. There are many beautiful plants and cute animals. In spring, the trees grow beautiful flowers. In fall there is a lot of fruit in the tree. It’s a sunny day. The giant is not home so some children play in the giant’s garden.
When the giant comes back, he is very angry. The children are scared. They run away quickly. They don’t want to play here anymore. After about a month, spring comes. Strangely, in the giant’s garden, it is still winter. Without the children, there are no green trees and beautiful flowers. “Why? Why doesn’t spring come to my garden? ” Asks the giant. Nobody tells the giant the answer.
It is a sunny morning. Things change. There are green leaves. It is getting warmer. The giant’s garden is beautiful again. How fantastic! Colorful birds fly to the garden and sing there. Because the giant has a pretty garden again, he is very excited!
“ Spring is finally here!” says the giant. He doesn’t know why. When the giant sees some lovely children there, he understands why right away. This time, he is not angry and instead, he lets the children play.
The giant is very friendly now. “I am wrong. I am very selfish. I have to love the children,” says the giant. From that day on, he plays with the children happily in the most beautiful garden every day.
(242 words; Readability: 3.3)
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APPENDIX J-2 Checklist for Story 4 in the Story Instruction
Story Title: A Selfish Giant
Setting: in a pretty garden/ a sunny day/ a sunny morning Main Characters: the giant / the children
Problem/ Goal:
Spring doesn’t come to the giant’s garden because the giant doesn’t let the children play in his garden.
Main Events:
1. The giant has a pretty garden.
2. Children play happily in the giant’s garden on a sunny day when he is not there.
3. When the giant comes back, he is very angry.
4. The children are very scared so they run away.
5. Spring comes, but it is still winter in the garden.
6. On a sunny morning, some children play in the garden again.
7. Spring finally comes back to the giant’s garden 8. The giant doesn’t understand why.
9. When the giant sees the children, he understands everything.
10. The giant lets the children play in the garden this time.
End: The giant plays happily with the children in the garden.
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APPENDIX L-1 Retelling Story for the Posttest
Peter’s “New Cell Phone”
Peter is a student. He enjoys exercising in the park before he goes to school. He usually meets his teacher, Miss Lee, in the park. She paints there in the early morning.
It is 6:30 a.m. Peter is jogging in the park. Suddenly, he sees a red cell phone on the ground. He picks it up. “If nobody sees me, I can just take it away. I will have a new cell phone,” Peter thinks. At the same time, Miss Lee is painting under the tree.
She sees Peter, but Peter doesn’t notice her. Peter puts the phone in his pocket. He runs away fast.
Later in the morning, when Peter is using the same cell phone, Miss Lee walks to him. Peter looks worried and nervous. He knows it is wrong to keep the cell phone.
But, he likes the cell phone very much. “You have a new cell phone. Can I have a look? ”Says Miss Lee. Peter looks at her surprisingly. “You are a good student. You should be honest,” Miss Lee says to Peter. He doesn’t say anything.
Peter thinks about Miss Lee’s words. After school, Peter goes to Miss Lee’s office and tells her everything. Miss Lee takes Peter to the police station. He returns the cell phone. The cell phone goes back to its owner. Smile goes back to Peter’s face, too. Peter doesn’t have a new cell phone, but he is happy again.
(240 words; Readability: 2.4)
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APPENDIX L-2 Checklist for the Posttest Story
Story Title: Peter’s “New Cell Phone”
Setting: in the park/ at school / at 6:30 a.m. /later in the morning Main Characters: Peter/ Miss Lee
Problem/ Goal:
Peter takes away the cell phone in the park and doesn’t want to give it back.
Main Events:
1. Peter usually meets his teacher, Miss Lee, in the park when he exercises every early morning.
2. When Peter is jogging in the park at 6:30 a.m., he sees a cell phone on the ground.
3. Peter puts the cell phone in his pocket and runs away.
4. Miss Lee sees what Peter does.
5. Peter uses the cell phone at school.
6. Peter knows it is wrong to keep the cell phone.
7. Miss Lee sees Peter use the same cell phone at school.
8. Miss Lee says to Peter, “Remember, honesty is the best policy.”
9. Peter tells Miss Lee everything after school.
10. Miss Lee takes Peter to the police station and Peter returns the cell phone.
End: The cell phone goes back to the owner. Peter is happy again.
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APPENDIX M Posttest Questionnaire for the EG
英語故事圖像組織法(GO Map)教學及故事重述問卷調查表
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APPENDIX N Retelling Analysis Grading Criteria Checklist
Category Points Description (The reteller …) 0 Failed to mention the title or got the wrong title.
Story title (0-0.5)
0.5 Mentioned the right title.
0 Failed to state the time or place 1 Stated only where or when Setting (0-1.5)
1.5 Stated both where or when
0 Failed to name any of the characters 0.5 Named at least a main character Character (0-1)
1 Named all the main characters 0 Failed to state or imply the problem 0.5 Partially stated or implied the problem Problem/Goal (0-1)
1 Stated the problem correctly 0 Failed to mention any of the events 1 Stated only two events or fewer 2 Stated about four events
3 Stated about six events
0.5 Partially stated or implied the end End (0-1)
1 Provided a clear end
0 Recalled with little sequence
0.5 Recalled mostly sequential, but with some mistakes Sequence (0-1)
1 Recalled in a clear sequence Total score 10 Highest score: 10; Lowest: 0
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APPENDIX O Holistic Assessment for the Retelling Performances
L Criteria for Establishing Levels
5 The pronunciation is correct and natural without any mispronunciation and the utterance is smooth without any inappropriate pauses or repetition.
The organization of the content is complete with a clear beginning, body and conclusion; the utterance shows very high degree of coherence and cohesion and contains supporting details all in a sequential way.
The reteller demonstrates full grammatical and syntactical control and uses appropriate lexicon without any errors.
The reteller paraphrases the story without reciting the original story at all or any divergence from the original meaning.
4 The pronunciation is correct with little mispronunciation and the utterance is smooth with few inappropriate pauses or little repetition.
The organization of the content is complete with the beginning, body and conclusion; the utterance shows considerable degree of coherence and cohesion and contains supporting details mostly in a sequential way.
The reteller demonstrates great grammatical and syntactical control and uses appropriate lexicon with few errors.
The reteller paraphrases the story in most of his or her utterances with little divergence from the original meaning.
3 The pronunciation is mostly correct with occasional mispronunciation which does not interfere with understanding and the utterance is occasionally hesitant with some inappropriate pauses or repetition.
The organization of the content includes a beginning, body and conclusion to some extent; the utterance shows adequate degree of coherence and cohesion and contains supporting details somewhat in a sequential way.
The reteller demonstrates adequate grammatical and syntactical control and there are occasional errors in the lexical use.
The reteller paraphrases the story in some of his or her utterances, which show some divergence from the original meaning. The reteller recites a few sentences from the story.
2 The pronunciation includes apparent errors and mispronunciation which sometimes leads to occasional misunderstanding and the utterance is frequently hesitant and jerky with apparent pauses or repetition.
The organization of the content is incomplete with unclear beginning, body and conclusion; the utterance shows low degree of coherence and cohesion and contains supporting details mostly not in a sequential way.
The reteller demonstrates only a little grammatical and syntactical control and there are many errors in the lexical use.
The reteller paraphrases the story in few of his or her utterances, which show frequent divergence from the original meaning. The reteller recites a lot of sentences from the story.
1 The pronunciation frequently unintelligible with much mispronunciation and the utterance is slow and uneven with a lot of inappropriate pauses or repetition except for some short sentences from the story.
The organization of the content is incomplete, missing a clear beginning, body or conclusion; the utterance is hardly coherent and cohesive and shows nearly no sequence.
The reteller demonstrates almost no grammatical and syntactical control and no accurate lexical use.
The reteller fails to paraphrase the story and simply recites some fragmentary sentences from the story, which often results in a lot of divergence from the original meaning.
Level Pronunciation/
5 Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
4 Good Good Good Good
3 Fair Fair Fair Fair
2 Inadequate Inadequate Inadequate Inadequate
1 Poor Poor Poor Poor