Why use stories and readers in the class? Building up teaching school materials Cecilia Maller A.
Jun 17, 2015
Why use stories and readers in the class?
Building up teaching school materials
Cecilia Maller A.
• What can stories and readers give?
* Ideal introduction to FL Lg in context.
• Familiar.
Stories:
1. Motivating and fun + attitude FL.
2. Exercise imagination.
• How can Ss be personally involved in a story?
• * Identify with characters
• * try to interpret the narrative
• try to interpret the illustrations
• How can stories and readers encourage Ss´creativity and inventiveness?
Child´s real world
What is reading and listening stories in class?
• - It´s a shared social experience
–Helps build up the child´s confidence
–Encourage social and emotional development
• Kids love listening to stories ( repeat)
So lg items are acquired and reinforced
What can you get as a teacher when Ss listen to stories?
• 1. Introduce and revise Vocab.
Exposing children to Lg
• 2. Develop the child´s listening and concentrating skills:
• - visual clues
• - prior knowledge
• - Listening for the main idea or plot- without necessarily understanding everything
• - Practice and reinforce lexis& structures
• To develop conceptual skills:
• Such as
»Prediction
»Guessing meaning
»Training memory
Readers and the curriculum
• They add a lot in the whole school curriculum• How??• 1. Reinforcing conceptual development: Color- Size-Shape-Time.• 2. Developing learning to learn• 3. Reinforcing thinking strategies: ex.• Comparing, Classifying, Predicting, Problem
solving.
• 4. Developing strategies for learning a 2nd Lg.
• How?
• Guessing the meaning of new words
• Training the memory
• Self testing
• 5. Developing study skills.
• How??
• Making and interpreting charts, graphs and surveys
• Making and learning to use dictionaries
• Organizing work
• 6. Can be used to develop other subjects:
Ex. Maths, Science, History, Geo and the environment, Arts and Craft, Music and Drama- Cultural studies
What to consider when choosing a reader?
• Age• Level of learner• Needs• Previous Lg.• Learning experience• Language level• Interests• Degree of difficulty
Now read the following and take notes
• Make “ Story -based lessons” more accessible
• Planning story- based lessons
• Procedures to write a lesson plan
• Retelling strategies to improve comprehension