Storytelling and On-line Modern Language Instruction
Storytelling and On-line Modern Language Instruction

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to present recent developments in modern language instruction that is increasingly confronted with the need to turn digital. Traditional frontal teaching/learning is combined with on-line teaching/ learning even more than it has been in the past. This is an English language instructor’s perspective on a highly practical application of one type of online resource used in order to develop language and creative thinking skills. Firstly, we will try to examine some persuasion techniques used in oral business communication. We will be arguing that there has to be a constant concern on the part of language instructors in higher education to draw students’ attention to meaningful controlled storytelling delivered by experts in a variety of fields of activity. Then, we will briefly present some important steps taken towards adaptation to digital teaching/learning impacting involved stakeholders within the Faculty of Economics, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Finally, we present one practical way storytelling can be brought into the on-line modern language classes through Ted.com talks. There are important benefits in using this complex resource as it enables genuine engagement and learner autonomy in on-line instruction.

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