Teaching english with stories in the preschool esl
1. Teaching English with Stories
in the Preschool ESL
Classroom
Fátima Cruzado Folgueira
2. Teaching English with Stories
• Reasons for using
stories in the english
classroom.
• Choosing suitable
stories.
• Practical example:
The Frog Family.
3. REASONS FOR USING STORIES IN THE
ENGLISH CLASSROOM.
• Children love the stories in themselves.
• Stories help to create variety.
• Stories are a resource in themselves.
• Stories help the students to learn
vocabulary and structures in context.
4. CHOOSING SUITABLE STORIES
• Stories should be short because the
attension spam is not very long.
• The language should be super simple.
• The language pattern should be repetitive.
• The illustrations should depict the events
in the story clearfully to help children
understand.
• …
5. PRACTICAL EXAMPLE: THE FROG FAMILY
CLASSROOM ROUTINES
• GREETINGS
• CHECK STUDENTS
• DATE
• WEATHER
MAIN ACTIVITY: STORY TIME
• Based on the Frog Family Story
• Two or three sessions.
6. STORY TIME (1ST SESSION)
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
REVISION
• What animal is this?
• Do you Know what this
frog does? TPR
(jump, come here!, sit down, fall)
WATCH AND LISTEN TO
THE STORY
(Power Point)
• Family worksheet
7. Story time (2nd session)
• Watch and listen to the story again.
• Act out the story using hand puppets.
• Song: “five green frogs sitting on a leaf”
8. • CONCLUSION:
Stories are a great resource for the
english classroom because children love
them and they help to learn vocabulary
and structures in context.
