“Be a good listener in the special way a story requires: note the manner of presentation; the development of plot, character; the addition of new dramatic sequences; the emphasis accorded to one figure or another in the recital; and the degree of enthusiam, of coherence, the narrator gives to his or her account.”
Quote by Robert Coles
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The Call Of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination – A Study of How Listening Promotes Learning and Self-Discovery
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