Session delivered by Lisa Stevens at @chiuni MFL conference June 13th 2018 on using stories in the language classroom

1. Tell me a story!
Lisa Stevens
lisibo.com

2. Storytelling

3. Choosing
books

4. 5 books to have
by @nattalingo
1. a story translated
from English
2. a traditional tale or
fairytale from that
country
3. a fun story that you’ll
want to revisit
4. a book of poetry
5. a children’s novel -
use extracts

5. making
stories
accessible
to all

6. Mi Madrid

7. Animate!

8. El Nabo Enorme

9. Traditional tales

10. Tales of the unexpected!

11. De quelle couleur es ta
culotte?

12. Use tools to hand

13. Adding sound

14. What can you do
with a book?
Look at the cover
Predict what it’s about.
Actions to accompany to aid
understanding and also to retell
Join in with repeated sections
Listen out for sounds
Count sounds/repeated phrases
Act it out
Pre teach vocabulary?
Read an extract - suspense!

15. GPS

17. Celebrating
languages

18. La
maravillosa
medicina de
Jorge
Using a
chapter
book.

19. Books about books
Das ist ein Buch

20. Picture books

21. Non fiction
texts

22. Write your own!
Audience
age? language level? interests?
Purpose
inform? educate? amuse?
Tools
online or offline?
Engagement
how will you maintain it?

23. Storybird

24. Storyjumper

25. Book Creator app

26. Mini
books
How to…
guide

27. Helpful references
Storybird wiki
My Storybirds
ALL Literature Wiki
Pinterest links to research on Storytelling and
stories in language learning
Pinterest board of online stories
Blogposts on books on ¡Vámonos! - lots of
posts!

28. lisibo.com
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Ltd.