STORYTELLING AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING RECEPTIVE SKILLS AMONG CHILDREN
STORYTELLING AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING RECEPTIVE SKILLS AMONG CHILDREN
Author(s): Jan Iluk, Mariusz JakoszSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: storytelling; affectivity; receptive skills; verbal behaviour; lexical item
Summary/Abstract: The study was conducted at the University of Silesia within the group of approximately 100 children from three kindergartens and one primary school where storytelling was applied to teach German. The following paper focuses on the analysis of the applied storytelling technique and gives a detailed description of the results. Of particular importance in the case of the following study is the long-lasting effectiveness of the adopted teaching technique. The article describes how this particular teaching technique has influenced the children’s attitudes towards the target language and culture. It also affords some fresh insights into the process of teaching an FL to children.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 134/2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 337-352
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English