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A Family Photo Album Part 4 of 5

Names make pronouns clearer

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A Family Photo Album

Alex, Jo

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fiktiv · KI-Stimmen / fictional · AI voices

Alex

0:10

I can say a person's name before using he or she. Then the children know which portrait my next sentence describes.

Jo

0:11

I can place the two cousins' name cards together when I say they. That helps listeners connect the pronoun with both people.

Alex

0:12

I ask listeners to name the person in my sentence. Names tell us who each sentence describes; a scarf colour is only one detail.

Jo

0:11

That helps, Alex. We can talk about an invented family without asking children about their homes. Every answer comes from this story.

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