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Profile Issues in Teachers` Professional Development
versão impressa ISSN 1657-0790
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PORRAS GONZALEZ, Nohora Inés. Teaching English through Stories: A Meaningful and Fun Way for Children to Learn the Language. profile [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.1, pp.95-106. ISSN 1657-0790.
This article presents the results of a study on utilizing stories for teaching English as a foreign language to children in first, second and third grades. It was carried out in a Colombian public elementary school in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The proposal was initiated by a group of student-teachers at Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Seccional Bucaramanga. During the research process the student-teachers were required to plan the course syllabus, create their own stories according to the children's interests and likes, plan the lessons, and collect and analyze data. Although the student-teachers worked in different grade levels, the results of the study present similarities such as the children's motivation when the stories were told or read, increased participation in the different activities, comprehension of the stories, and acquisition of the new vocabulary.
Palavras-chave : Storytelling; story; reading; teaching; children.