This will guide us What makes an effective storyteller? This can help us a teacher how to keep our students tune in or listen to our lessons. This presentation will give us knowledge about story telling. How to be an effective storyteller. Thus, arouse the interest of the students or listeners.

1. STORYTELLING: WHAT
MAKES AN EFFECTIVE
STORYTELLER?

2. Story - an account of imaginary or
real people and events told for
entertainment.
Telling – revealing in detail;
making known.
Story telling – is the art of
using language, vocalization, and
or physical movement and gesture
to reveal the documents and images
of a story to a specific live
audiences.

3. Stories
are used
to share
Values
Experien
-ces
Attitudes
Wisdom
Beliefs
Habits

4. They have been present in every
culture everywhere to:
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Instill moral values
Transmit culture
Inspire

5. Elements or tools of Good stories:
Setting
• shows the
listeners
where the
story is
taking
place
Characters
• perform
the
actions
and make
the story
happen
Plot
• tells in
chrono-
logical
order,
what
happens
in the
story
Conflict
• provides
the contro-
versy in
the story
• makes the
story more
interes-
ting
Theme
• indicates
what the
story is
all about.
• could
include
finding
one's
happiness
friendship
love etc.

6. Three preliminary steps to become an effective story teller:
1. Finding the correct stories
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You have to consider the following:
Appropriateness to the topic
Length and complexity of the story
Time and availability, materials
available
1. Know your audience Here are some considerations:
Age of your learners
Vocabulary ability of your learners
Size of the audience
1. Pre-reading Here are some guidelines:
Read and re-read the story.
Analyze where the major/interesting part
of the story are.
Decide where to stop or pause for effect.
Identify with the characters in the
story.

7. Reasons why the teachers need to use Pre-reading:
Assess students’ background knowledge of the topic and
linguistic content of the text.
Give students the background knowledge necessary for
comprehension of the text, or activate the existing
knowledge that the students possess.
Clarify any cultural information which may be necessary to
comprehend the passage.
Make students aware of the type of text they will be
reading and the purpose(s) for reading.
Provide opportunities for group or collaborative work and
for class discussion activities.

8. Some strategies for Pre-reading:
Anticipation – allow the reader to make predictions about the
text that will be read by eliminating possibilities that are
unlikely.
Motive questions – questions given prior to telling the story.
Opinionnaires/Questionnaires – are useful tools for helping
readers examine their own values, attitudes, opinions or related
experiences before they interact with book characters.
Concept Mapping/ Mind Mapping – a type of brainstorming where
you place the title/subject of the story as the main idea and
gather the students’ ideas around it.
KWL chart – a chart divided into 3 columns ( What I Know?, What
I Want to Know? And What I have Learned?).

9. Essential delivery Elements accdg. to Barry McWilliams
Sincerity and whole-heartedness - storytellers should deliver the story
honestly and earnestly. Credits must be given to the author , illustrator
and publisher.
Enthusiasm - storytellers should show geniune excitement in the story.
This will make the listeners feel how great a story is.
Animation - storytellers are animated beings. They put together gestures,
body language, eye contact, facial expressions and projection of the voice
to deliver their story well.

10. Oral Storytelling skills by McWilliams
Emphasis – when telling a story, one should know when
to stress a word, a phrase or an entire dialogue for
effect.
Repetition – sometimes, words and lines must repeated
in order to get the desired feeling and emotions.
Transition – this is the transfer from one part of the
story to another.
Pause – storytellers stop for a while at any point in
the story for effect or to check for understanding by
asking questions.
Proportion – this refers to the bulk of information
presented in a part of the story.

11. Strategies to keep the listeners in tune
Active involvements of the listeners – use the audience to
read a part of the story or yell out the words or
dialogues, do some actions and answer some questions.
Shifts and projection of the voice – a sudden change in
the pitch, tone and volume of the storyteller’s voice can
sustain and regain the attention of the listeners.
An expected twist in the narration – this keeps the
listeners anticipating what will happen next.
Constant animation – this keeps the listeners glued to the
storyteller’s every move, gesture, facial expressions and
body language.

12. THE END!
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