Step 7: Create a RETELL Narrative (When Needed)

A Story Retell is having a child tell a second story with a different book so that we can account for no experience telling a story, rule out second language influence, or truly home in on language difficult. It is necessary if the first story that the child told (without a model) is not typical. Here’s what it looks like:

• The clinician models a story
• The child retells the same story (or a similar one)

This helps distinguish:

• Limited narrative experience
• Second-language influence
• True language impairment

If a child has limited narrative experience or second-language influence is present, the second story is typically much longer and more complex. 

If a true language impairment is present, both TELL and RETELL are largely identical, despite the child having had practice and an example. 

How to Add a Retell

1. Select Start Retell
2. Choose a second story (e.g., Frog Goes to Dinner)
3. Record or upload the retell audio
4. Review the new transcript
5. Complete the same analysis steps

🎥 Video Tutorial Step 7: Creating a RETELL Narrative