AJ5415 Storytelling
for Young Learners
Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz
Block 2
Saturday, April 30, 2022

Our schedule today
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•0800-0830   Revision of Block 1 on March 5
•0830-0900   Revising audio essays in the File Vault
•0900-1000   Peer reviewing audio essays
•1035-1135   Coffee break & watching webinar
•1135-1200   Webinar gisting & discussion
•1200-1230   PACE (TEMPO) & TIMING
•1230-1300   STRESS & RHYTHM
•1300-1330   THE ART OF READING
•1330-1350   Summary, conclusions,
•                           group &  individual    consultations
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Resources
•All in the course‘s site in the IS:
•- this presentation
•- Rowling speech with gaps
•- Tomková Segmental pronunciation of English
•- Tomková Suprasegmental pronunciation of English
•- Tomková The best videos for teaching English pronunciation
•- Your own minitalks in the File Vault
•- Easter class in stress, rhythm and intonation

List of topics last year



Discussion in pairs 0900-0930
•Talk to the author of your favourite audio essay and pepare to reproduce it in the main session.
Discuss:
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a)What are your respective strengths and weaknesses?
b)What are the main points on your partner‘s recording?
c)What did you most appreciate/dislike?
d)Would you change the paper‘s headline?

Reproducing essays 0930-1000
•Nina K. – Nighttime reading
•(Lucie L. – AuPair story)
•Lucie H. – Storytelling with a toddler rev. By Marta Iturre
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•Michal B.  - Build-a-story cards
•Martin K. – Pupils‘ own Limericks
•(Joshua W. – Aboriginal storytelling   rev. by Carmen E.)
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•Eva H. - My approach to storytelling
•Eva Č. – Storytelling 1.0
•(Jon Ander G. – Elmer the Elephant)
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•Kateřina B. – Doggie photostory
•Nikola B. – Storytelling as escape from reality
•Naďa F.
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Authors online and absent
•BR1:
•Jan S. – Everyday storytelling
•Jitka W. – The Canterville Ghost
•(Petra S. – Grade 1 bilingual school: O for OWL)
•BR 2:
•Lucie F. – Emperor‘s new clothes
•Míla Ch. – Reading picture books to children
•BR 3:
•Jason H. – Story of music
•Marie Š. – A bit of Montessori
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•Absent:
•Joshua W. – Aboriginal storytelling   rev. by Carmen E.
•Jon Ander G. – Elmer the Elephant
•Carmen E.D. – Storytelling in preschool education
•Jone C. – Vital themes, Inclusion
•Marta I. – Tres con tango

Coffee break while watching and note-taking 1035-1135
•In 5 groups, watch MacMillan Education ELT‘s Advancing Webinar of January 2021, “Storytelling for
Young Learners“
•Storytelling for Young Learners [Advancing Learning Webinar] – YouTube
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL-wgRGrzr8
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•BR1: 00-10 mins: Joanne Mitten & webinar intro
•                                          Nina, Lucie H., Eva Č.
•BR2: 0953-1955 : gender + society, skill+survival, modern;
•                                             Piaget, Vygotsky Michal, Martin, Eva H.
•BR3: 1955-3000 : why stories in LL, L1 and L2 acquisition x
•                                             learning …whole child   Nikča, NaĎa, Kateřina
•BR4: 3000- 4015: why use stories … become a performer
•                                        Jan, Jitka, Lucie F.
•BR5: 4015- 4958: teens and tweens … references  Jason, Míla, Marie

Webinar gisting, discussion 1135-1200
•Joanne Mitten =
•ST common to all cultures; 44,000 yrs ago – cave paintings. Aesop‘s fables. Traditional Irish STs
(bearers of old lore). Embedded in culture. C. Dickens (social commentary).
•Gender and society. Victorian ghost stories, E. Brontë; skill + survival.
•Modern stories in books, movies. Stories in LL. Education + psychology.
•Piaget (individual) , Vygotsky (community).
•Different age groups, their abilities. L1 exposure: repetition, recycling. Sounds at different
levels.
•Story choice. Pre-story and post-story tasks: pix, vocab, retelling, performing skills of teacher.
Teens: specific needs.
•Tweens (8-12) and teens. Choice and scaffolding of a story. Using different stories for retelling.
Sketching. Picking a line or object in the story. Reenactment. Older pupils: songs,
characterisation, cross-curricular activites (e.g. making a movie). 21st century skills: critical
thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, digital literacy, leadership, social skills,
flexibility, motivation, productivity…

1200-1230 Voice in storytelling 1:
PACE (TEMPO) & TIMING


1230-1300 Voice in storytelling 2:
STRESS & RHYTHM


1300-1330 Voice in storytelling 3:
THE ART OF READING


Thank you for your attention and active partJ
Concluding remarks, questions, queries… ?
I am available for further group/individual consultations until 1350.
So long, live well, tell stories and never lose your passion!