3. Stories are the best way to store
information in the brain. A list of
facts will be forgotten but stories are
remembered it help us organize
information and tie content together.
4. Improves listening skills.
Raises the enthusiasm for reading texts to find stories.
Initiates writing because children will quickly want to write
stories and tell them.
Encourage use of imagination and creativity
Really attract the boys who love the acting.
Gives a motivating reason for children to speak English.
Encourage cooperation between students
Encourage active participation
5. (Martin,2004) stated that teachers should choose a story
Which attract the children within the first few lines.
Which children will understand well enough to enjoy it.
Which offers the children a rich experience of language .
Which doesn’t have long descriptive passages.
Which is right for the occasion and related to children interests.
Which should have repeated grammatical structures that enables children to
acquire
useful phrases.
Which exercise the imagination.
8. Voice Mechanics:
a storyteller Speaks with an appropriate volume for the audience to
hear. Employs clear pronunciation.
Face/Body/Gesture :
A storyteller expressively uses non-verbal communication to clarify
the meaning of the text
Focus :
- Concentration is clear.
- Eye contact with audience is engaging.
9. Characterization:
If dialogue is employed, characters are believable to listener.
Storyteller's natural voice is differentiated from character voices.
Use of space:
Storyteller seems comfortable, relaxed and confident in front of
listeners.
Pacing:
The story is presented efficiently and keeps listeners' interest
throughout.
10. Make your gestures
easy and calm.
Tell stories that you
like.
Take the time to
prepare
Use eye-contact
with your listeners
Use good pacing.
Use a strong and
confident voice
Remove the slow
parts of your
story.
11. Read as many different world folktales, fables and legends as you can.
Watch professional storytellers and take notes about how they do it
every storyteller is different, and you can learn something from them all.
Pick stories with small numbers of characters and repeating events, as
these are easiest to remember. Having said that, pick any story you like --
no, that you love! If it captivates you, it will captivate the younger ones,
too.
Write the stories down in a notebook. Writing helps you remember a
story, and it models the same to the children.
When you start "telling" your story, it's OK to have the book nearby
and to take a look at it if you forget a part. Don't be too hard on yourself.
You are a student again.
