AJ5415 Storytelling
for Young Learners
Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz
Block 2
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Our schedule today
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•1415-1500   Revision of Block 1 on March 2; leftover stories & contexts by (Petr, Barbora,) Leona,
Mont-
•                                            serrat, Sai Sai, (Natálie,) María, Lenka.
•1500-1530   Presenting project recordings in the File Vault
•1530-1600   Peer reviewing audio essays jin couples
•1600-1700   Coffee break & watching webinar
•1700-1730   Webinar gisting & discussion
•1730-1800   DICTION in storytelling & reading:
•                      The future of BOOKS. Back to oral history?
•1800-1830   Debates: Storytelling, Shielding children from the war, the Environment,
•           Children‘s psychology across generations and continents
•1830-1900   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 video/audioessays in the File Vault
•- Easter class in stress, rhythm and intonation

1415-1500: REVISION OF BLOCK 1, INDIVIDUAL CONTEXTS & STORIES
•leftover stories & contexts by (Petr, Barbora,)
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•Leona:
•Montserrat:
•Sai Sai:
•(Natálie)
•María:
•Lenka:
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1500-1530: 9 projects self-presented in class



1500-1530 List of submissions, presenting one‘s own projects



Discussion  1530-1600
•Talk to the author of your favourite audio essay. Discuss:
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a)What are your respective strengths and weaknesses?
b)What are the main points in your partner‘s recording?
c)What did you most appreciate/dislike?
d)Would you change the paper‘s headline?

Coffee break while watching and note-taking 1600-1700
•Using the method of jigsaw teamwork, watching  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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•Bilingual Kids: 00-10 mins: Joanne Mitten & webinar intro
•Tug-of-War    : 0953-1955 : gender + society, skill+survival,
•                                                                    modern; Piaget, Vygotsky
•Artificial Blondies: 1955-3000 : why stories in LL, L1 and L2
•                                                                              acquisition x
learning …whole
•                                                                               child
•Flexi: 3000- 4015: why use stories … become a performer
•Methodologists: 4015- 4958: teens and tweens … references

Webinar gisting, discussion 1700-1730
•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, A. 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, collaboration, communication, science, arts…

1730-1800      DICTION & IMMEDIACY
                                      in reading.
•Other formats fine (e.g. 📚 Kids Book Read Aloud: WHY WE STAY HOME - SUZIE LEARNS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
by Harris, Scott and Rodis - YouTube ) but nothing can replace books read
•live.
•Czech folk tales collected by K.J. Erben:
•Princess Goldie Waterboy and Old Man Knowall The Snow Maiden
•Cook, Mug, Cook! The Firebird and the Clever Vixen Mr Long, Mr Broad and
• Mr Sharpeye
•Czech folk tales collected by Božena Němcová:
•The Magic Sword The Gingerbread House The Forest Nymph
•The Wise Goldsmith Prince Bayaya The Seven Ravens
•The Clever Princess Peterkin
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•See also H. Halíčková‘s paper.
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1800-1830 Debate: How/whether to speak about the war, the Environment, Children‘s psychology across
generations and continents


1830-1850:
Concluding remarks, questions, queries… ?
I am available for further group/individual consultations until 1900.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!
So long, live well, tell stories and never lose your passion!