The document discusses the benefits of storytelling in education, highlighting its effectiveness in developing language skills, literary appreciation, critical thinking, and self-understanding. According to various studies, storytelling and dramatization significantly improve children's recall of literature compared to television. It emphasizes storytelling as a vital method for stimulating children's imaginations and aiding in personal narrative creation.

1. Storytelling in the
Classroom

2. Storytelling in the
classroom
 In 1984, the Commission on Literature of the National Council of
Teachers of English applauded an emerging trend in schools and
communities which emphasizes storytelling as literature
(Suhor,1984).

3. developing
language abilities
appreciation of
literature
critical thinking
comprehension and
understanding of
community and self
Numerous articles in ERIC discussed the benefits of storytelling:

4. • George and Schaer (1986) investigated the effects of three mediums
for presenting literature to children and discovered that storytelling
and dramatization were significantly more effective in facilitating
recall of prose content than was television
• Storytelling is viable method for stimulating children’s imaginations

5. • Reinehr (1987) discussed ways to use mythic literature to
teach children about themselves and to help them write
their own stories and legends
• An expressively told story grabs the attention and brings
vivid images to mind