Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories: Using stories and children's fiction to motivate your primary learners and improve learning outcomes - Paperback

by Sharon Ahlquist (Author)

Many teachers use stories in their teaching. That might be younger learners listening to stories or older children reading fiction or extracts for themselves. Working with stories and literature enables the teacher to expose learners to English in ways which are engaging, resonating and meaningful, and which stimulate the imagination and creativity. Stories can appeal to all age groups, and through work which is multimodal can support learning of all proficiencies. Teaching Young Language Learners Through Stories provides theoretical support alongside practical activities to explain why and how teachers can use stories.

Author Biography

Sharon Ahlquist has been teaching English to students of all ages for over 35 years across Europe, with a particular interest in teaching children and teenagers. She also teaches on both pre-service and in-service courses for teachers of primary and secondary students. She has a Masters and Doctor of Education degree in teaching English as a second/foreign language and applied linguistics, and has worked as an examiner on both Cambridge English Exams (speaking) and IELTS (speaking and writing). Stories and literature are the focus of Sharon's classroom-based researc.