Presentation delivered at Practical Pedagogies conference at Cologne, November 2018, about using books and stories in the primary language classroom.

1. Tell me a story!
Lisa Stevens
lisibo.com
#PracPed18

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. Supporting
storytelling
https://www.pictocu
entos.com/

15. Tales of the unexpected!

16. De quelle couleur es ta
culotte?

17. Use tools to hand

18. https://www.merriam-
webster.com/time-
traveler/1994

19. Adding sound

20. 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!

21. GPS

23. Celebrating
languages

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

25. Books about books
Das ist ein Buch

26. Picture books

27. Non fiction
texts

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

29. Storybird

30. Storyjumper

31. Book Creator app

32. Mini
books
How to…
guide

33. 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!

34. lisibo.com
lisibo@me.com
Ltd.