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Narrating a story in PAR format-English
| Time | Narration |
| 0:00 | Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on How to narrate a story in PAR format. |
| 0:07 | You remember, in the previous tutorial, we looked at PAR briefly. |
| 0:13 | It stands for Problem, Action, and Result. |
| 0:17 | Imagine someone is asking you a question. |
| 0:20 | It could be your friends or parents or your interviewers in a job interview. |
| 0:27 | Can we use the PAR format of storytelling to answer the question? |
| 0:32 | Let's figure it out in this tutorial. |
| 0:35 | There are four steps to writing a story in the PAR format. |
| 0:40 | Let's understand them one by one |
| 0:42 | The first step in storytelling is to know who you are telling the story to. |
| 0:48 | We call them the target audience. |
| 0:50 | Your target audience could be your friends |
| 0:54 | Or your parents |
| 0:56 | Or your interviewers. |
| 0:58 | In general, it's anyone who has asked you the question. |
| 01:03 | The 2nd step is to understand what information they are looking for from you. |
| 01:09 | Do your friends want to hear about an event that got you into trouble as a kid? |
| 01:14 | Or Do your parents want to hear about an event you organized in college? |
| 01:20 | Or |
| 01:21 | Do your interviewers want to hear about your skills that would benefit the company? |
| 01:26 | Paying attention to the question will help you understand what they are looking for. |
| 01:32 | If the question is not entirely clear to you, ask for clarifications. |
| 01:38 | Think of a question someone asked you? |
| 01:41 | Do you remember who that person is and the information they were looking for? |
| 01:45 | Great. |
| 01:47 | You now know what a target audience is. |
| 01:50 | Keep in mind target audience can be a person or a group of people. |
| 01:55 | Let’s look at the third step |
| 01:58 | The third step is to think about what you want to say. |
| 02:02 | Stories are a great way to connect |
| 02:05 | Remember, this is about saying in a way that connects with the target audience. |
| 02:11 | But have you ever wondered what these stories are? |
| 02:15 | They are nothing but experiences. |
| 02:17 | They can be your own experiences or the experiences of others. |
| 02:23 | Now lets see the fourth step and the final step. |
| 02:27 | How to structure and present your experience in the PAR format. |
| 02:32 | For that, I’m going to tell you about a final year college student, Smitha. She is attending her job interview. |
| 02:39 | In the interview the interviewers tell her that the role requires multitasking. |
| 02:46 | They want her to share her experience of handling multiple tasks at the same time. |
| 02:52 | They wanted to know what challenges she faced. |
| 02:55 | How she handled them |
| 02:57 | And if she managed to complete the tasks. |
| 03:01 | Smitha thought for a while and then structured her thoughts like this. |
| 03:06 | Who is the target audience: My interviewers |
| 03:08 | My interviewers |
| 03:10 | What information are they looking for from me: |
| 03:14 | They want to know if I have the ability to multitask. |
| 03:18 | They want to know how I handled challenges I faced. |
| 03:21 | They also want to know if I managed to complete my tasks. |
| 03:26 | What story should I tell?: |
| 03:28 | Maybe about how I handled my project submission and played the lead role in final year at the same time? |
| 03:35 | She then structured the story in the PAR format of storytelling. |
| 03:39 | What was the problem: |
| 03:41 | Both my project work and drama practice needed my time. |
| 03:46 | For the project work, I had to know my subject very well. |
| 03:50 | To play the lead character in the drama, I had to memorize my dialogues. |
| 03:55 | I had to work on my voice modulation and body language |
| 03:59 | What if my project team meetings clash with my drama rehearsals? |
| 04:03 | What action did I take: |
| 04:05 | I created a detailed to-do-task list, outlining specific activities for each day. |
| 04:12 | I allocated time slots for various activities. |
| 04:16 | I informed both my project mates and drama team about my commitments. |
| 04:22 | I made it clear to my project mates that my drama practice would get over by 8pm. |
| 04:27 | I was available for project-related tasks after that. |
| 04:31 | This ensured that my project meetings did not clash with my rehearsals. |
| 04:36 | What results did I produce? |
| 04:38 | My teammates and I submitted the project on time. |
| 04:43 | During the culturals, my performance in the drama was highly appreciated by the audience |
| 04:50 | I hope this experience showcases my ability to excel in multitasking. |
| 04:56 | Do you think Smitha’s story convinced her interviewers about her multitasking ability? |
| 05:02 | What smita told her interviewers is available as a script. |
| 05:05 | You can access it by opening the file smita-script.txt available in the code file link. |
| 05:14 | Ok, let’s summarize what we learnt in this tutorial? |
| 05:19 | To answer a question in PAR format of story telling, the steps we need to follow are: |
| 05:24 | The first step: |
| 05:26 | You need to know who you are telling your story to. |
| 05:30 | The second step: |
| 05:32 | You need to understand what information they are looking for. |
| 05:36 | The third step: |
| 05:38 | You need to think about the experience you want to share. |
| 05:41 | The fourth step: |
| 05:43 | Your experience must communicate the information they are looking for. |
| 05:48 | As an assignment, |
| 05:50 | I want you to tell your friends your experience of performing two tasks. |
| 05:55 | Like Smitha, you must have worked on both the tasks at the same time. |
| 06:00 | Use PAR format of storytelling to tell your story. |
| 06:04 | After you narrate your story, ask them what they thought about your presentation. |
| 06:09 | The more often you practice, you will get better at storytelling. |
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| 06:32 | Choose the minute and second where you have the question. |
| 06:36 | Explain your question briefly |
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| 06:56 | With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material. |
| 07:02 | The Spoken Tutorial project was established by the Ministry of Education(MoE), Govt of India. |
| 07:08 | With this we have come to the end of this tutorial. Its me Sudha signing off. |
| 07:12 | Hope you enjoyed learning. |
