Storytelling Is a Useful Technique in Teaching EFL
Authors : Adriana Dervishaj
Pages : 42-50
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Publication Date : 2017-06-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Storytelling is one of the simplest and perhaps most compelling forms of dramatic and imaginative activity. A good place to start is by telling stories to your students and encouraging them to share stories with one another. All of us can become engaging storytellers with a little practice. There may also be members of staff who are particularly skilled at telling stories. Listen to each other, watch videos of storytelling and encourage the children to identify techniques they could use in their own stories because a good teacher is a good storyteller. Drama strategies - also known as drama techniques or drama conventions - are the everyday tools of the drama teacher to enhance the learning of a foreign language. Drama strategies develop different skills to encourage discourse, interaction and creativity. They aim to improve communicative and performance skills through activities such as character development and storytelling and be used across the curriculum to actively involve students in their own learning.Keywords : Foreign Language, Storytelling, English, Albanian, Drama Teacher