Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation

This paper proposes that in the midst of all our theories on language teaching and language learning, we might have overlooked an age-old tool that has always been at the disposal of mankind; the telling of stories. Attention is drawn to how some have found in stories and story telling a driving for...

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Main Author: Robert W. Blair
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2013-02-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/502
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spelling doaj-46c830bc7605449981822de03c3d39c32020-11-25T01:56:48ZafrStellenbosch UniversityPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning0259-23122224-00122013-02-011210.5785/1-2-502Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluationRobert W. BlairThis paper proposes that in the midst of all our theories on language teaching and language learning, we might have overlooked an age-old tool that has always been at the disposal of mankind; the telling of stories. Attention is drawn to how some have found in stories and story telling a driving force of natural language acquisition, a key that can unlock the intuitive faculties ofthe mind. A case is being made out for the re-instalment of stories and associated activities as a means of real, heart-felt functional communication in a foreign language, rather than through a direct assault on the structure of the language itself. Met hierdie artikel word daar voorgestel dat daar opnuut gekyk moet word na 'n hulpmiddel wat so oud is as die mensheid self en wat nog altyd tot ons beskikking was, naamlik stories en die vertel daarvan. Die aandag word daarop gevestig dat daar persone is wat in stories en die verbale oordrag daarvan 'n stukrag ontdek het tot natuurlike taalvaardigheid, 'n sleutel tot die intultiewe breinfunksies. Daar word 'n saak uitgemaak vir die terugkeer na stories en gepaardgaande aktiwiteite as middel tot 'n egte, diep deurleefde en funksionele wyse van kommunikasie in 'n vreemde taal, eerder as 'n direkte aanslag op die taalstruktuur self.http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/502
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Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation
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title Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation
title_short Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation
title_full Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation
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title_full_unstemmed Stories and story telling in first-levellanguage learning: a re-evaluation
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publisher Stellenbosch University
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2224-0012
publishDate 2013-02-01
description This paper proposes that in the midst of all our theories on language teaching and language learning, we might have overlooked an age-old tool that has always been at the disposal of mankind; the telling of stories. Attention is drawn to how some have found in stories and story telling a driving force of natural language acquisition, a key that can unlock the intuitive faculties ofthe mind. A case is being made out for the re-instalment of stories and associated activities as a means of real, heart-felt functional communication in a foreign language, rather than through a direct assault on the structure of the language itself. Met hierdie artikel word daar voorgestel dat daar opnuut gekyk moet word na 'n hulpmiddel wat so oud is as die mensheid self en wat nog altyd tot ons beskikking was, naamlik stories en die vertel daarvan. Die aandag word daarop gevestig dat daar persone is wat in stories en die verbale oordrag daarvan 'n stukrag ontdek het tot natuurlike taalvaardigheid, 'n sleutel tot die intultiewe breinfunksies. Daar word 'n saak uitgemaak vir die terugkeer na stories en gepaardgaande aktiwiteite as middel tot 'n egte, diep deurleefde en funksionele wyse van kommunikasie in 'n vreemde taal, eerder as 'n direkte aanslag op die taalstruktuur self.
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