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Using Stories With Young Learners 1 By Annie Hughes Why use stories in the EYL classroom?  Stories can give excellent contextualisation for new or recycled language  There are lots of opportunities for repetition in stories  Stories are known to our students  Stories offer opportunities for vocabulary building  ‘Real’ stories can be used with real readers  Stories can be used with different age and ability groups  Good stories are highly motivating for learners (and teachers!)  New and recycled language is supported  Good stories are highly adaptable and can usually be linked to any syllabus  Stories can sometimes link with children’s own knowledge of life /other stories  Stories are excellent for theme-based and activity based work  Stories offer great opportunities for cultural input  Stories can be presented in many ways  Stories can be used to develop other subjects across the curriculum  Stories can be used as a model for children’s own writing  Stories can meaningfully offer opportunities for repetition and use of language in activities  Stories can help teachers develop all 4 language skills plus cognitive and developmental skills in their pupils How can we introduce stories in class?  Teachers can present the story – read out loud, on a video/ audiotape, in pictures only etc.  Teachers can read the book and show the pictures to the children.  Children ‘read’ (look at) the book to themselves, then listen to the teacher reading it out loud.  Children ‘read’ (look at) the book while they listen to a recording of it.