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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Recounting nd Narration

Hi teachers,

Can 'recounting' and 'narration' be synonyms in the following directions?

Complete this recounting of the conversation between Susan and Tom on page 27.

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi, There's often not much difference intended, but to me the underlying idea is this. narrate - tell about, tell a story recount - tell about something after it happens Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, There's often not much difference intended, but to me the underlying idea is this.
  • narrate - tell about, tell a story recount - tell about something after it happens Clive
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Hi,
There's often not much difference intended, but to me the underlying idea is this.


narrate - tell about, tell a story

recount - tell about something after it happens

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Thanks a lot Clive. The thing is that the students read a small conversation between two people and I give them a paragraph about it. The paragraph has blanks and they have to fill it with the aprropriate verbs. The paragraph should be written in reported speech.
That's why I'm asking which of the two is the aprropiate one: narration or recounting.
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Hi,

If you are having trouble with the words'narrate, recount', so will your students.

I would avoid using words that the students may not know or understand.


I'd just say 'Put this conversation into reported s
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Thank you very much Clive. You are right and it is the easiest one without a doubt.
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