Storytelling and dancing

Storytelling and dancing Adam Stępiński

Storytelling and dancing
“ The shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story”
Anthony De Mello
‘ Anthony De Mello: Writings ’

’ Everyone has a story to tell (...) Storytelling comes from the heart, not the head and nothing should keep us from the exilaration and shree pleasure of telling a story.’
Jimmy Neil Smith
‘ Tales from America’s Favourite Storytellers ‘

‘ The food we eat makes our bodies
and
the stories we hear make our minds’
Unknown author

The importance of storytelling

Stories are fun and pleasure

They i mprov e children’s imagination and memory .
S tories are memorable and enter into a long-term memory

They h elp children to understand the world around them

Stories are full of associations and they convey emotions

Stories help children relate new things to what they know already

Stories are cross-curricular and help bring English into other subjects

Stories introduce
a new language in context

They te ach the culture that makes a language less abstract

They m aintain a friendly atmosphere

Stories i ncreas e children’s attention

They f aciliat e communication (stories are interactive)

Stories i ntroduc e a nice change from the coursebook

Stories serve revision and consolidation purposes

Stories as food for language

Stories as food for sharing

Stories as food for mind

But on the other hand …
it is very difficult to find stories that appeal to everyone
s ome children just listen to stories and do nothing and other ones get too excited

Telling stories or reading stories?

If you tell the story it’s yours
You can see children’s faces
You can use gestures and mime
You can adapt the language

But …
s ome teachers are afraid of making mistakes
s torytelling implies that stories must be learnt by heart

While reading …
there’s no need to learn stories by heart
c hildren will always hear the same text
y ou can use story pictures to help conveying meaning

y ou can repeat and rephrase in a natural way
y ou can stop and talk to the children about what is happening
reading stories aloud encourages reading

Jim Wingate
‘ The Dragon Wakes’

But …
w hen we read a story we tend to go quickly
w e concentrate on the reading rather than on the listener

Storytelling
on the Internet
Professor Brian Sturm
‘ Truth and Story’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFC-URW6wkU

Storytelling
on the Internet
Heather Forest
http://www.storyarts.org/store/index.html

How to do a story

Choose stories which are aaccessible, useful and relevant
Arrange the classroom
Look after students’ comfort

Be enthusiastic
Show pictures, flashcards, mascots
Tell the story with exaggerated intonation and gestures

Stop from time to time and ask students to predict what happens next
Check children’s comprehension
Encourage children to tell the story with your help

Working with lower-proficiency levels
Respond non-verbally
Respond through repetition
Respond with single words
Give written support (words, phrases, sentences)

Good seeds for stories

Small incidents in your own life

Fairy tales, myths and legends

Ghost and mystery stories

Single incidents from biographies, novels, etc.

Realistic adventures

Ideas for projects

Open Discussion on Web 2.0 Storytelling
http://web2storytelling.wikispaces.com/

Online games
based on stories
http://tale-of-tales.com/

VOICE THREAD
https://voicethread.com

Local / Family Historians

Puzzle Tale:
Putting the Pieces Together

Art History is Filled with Stories
‘ Saint George and the Dragon ‘
(Paolo Uccello , 1470)

Storytelling
with helpers

Three stories,
one fiction

Storytelling festival

Dancing

Dancing classes

Folk dances

Thank you!
It’s time to dance!

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