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Tell the World Storytelling Across Language Barriers

Margaret Read MacDonald

Book Code: LU3144

ISBN: 1-59158-314-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-314-1

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192 pages

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Publication: 11/30/2007

List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult School Services
Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult School Services -- Storytelling & Folklore

Reviews:

Tell the World is a wonderful resource for storytellers, educators, and librarians. It provides a framework from which even individuals who have never been "bitten by the storytelling bug" can benefit as she highlights a variety of basic storytelling techniques, including line-by-line, tandem telling, summarizing, and interesting phrases....MacDonald has done a good job of bringing together a variety of voices frmo throughout the world who share her passion for storytelling.
—MultiCultural Review Fall 2008
This is an indispensible guide for those wanting to share stories with audiences who speak another language. The author's advice, along with that of other experienced tellers, covers myriad facets of this special and relevant method of connecting with members of our greater yet smaller world community....The book includes priceless advice about glitches that others have faced and surmounted. Preparation time with a translator is ideal. Suggestions for programs for hearing-impaired audience members and those who know no translatable languages are included. A clear, complete, practical, and readable treasure trove from a master teacher.
—School Library Journal July 2008

Description: Working with or without a native speaker, a storyteller can touch the minds and hearts of all listeners-even those with little or no English language skills. Here a group of expert storytellers share a variety of tips and techniques that help bridge the language gap; along with sample stories that librarians, teachers, and professional storytellers can easily incorporate into their repertoires. Four basic techniques for bilingual telling are explored: summarizing, line-by-line translation, tandem telling, and inserted phrases. In addition, contributors discuss such topics as the translator's role, using story in language instruction, presenting tellers of other languages, traveling and giving workshops abroad, and more.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Telling Through Translation
Chapter 2: Line-by-Line Translation
Chapter 3: Tandem Telling
Chapter 4: More than Words: Storytelling Without Translation
Chapter 5: One Teller, One Story, Two Languages
Chapter 6: On the Translator's Role
Chapter 7: Performing in a Second Language
Chapter 8: Story in Language Instruction
Chapter 9: Presenting Tellers of Other Languages
Chapter 10: Presenting Workshops Abroad
Chapter 11: Translation in a Signed Language
Chapter 12: Cultural Considerations
Chapter 13: A Language of No Words
Chapter 14: Tellers Travel
Chapter 15: On the Translator's Art
Chapter 16: Bibliographies
Index
About the Editor and Contributors

LC Card Number: 2007022722

LCC Class: LB1042

Dewey Class: 372

PDF Catalogs:
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf	LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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