Tell To Teach
Teaching with the Storytelling techniques is an art. It requires many different skills and practice. It cannot be learned by hearing or reading about it. The teacher has to master not only the language being taught, but also the deep meaning of what he/she intends to achieve with each step of the technique, the clarity of mind to integrate the students’ responses without losing sight of the goals for the day, the ability to keep their interest alive while still working effectively with classroom management, the skill to scaffold chunks of language in a logical, understandable way, constantly recycling the old with the new structures, etc. And then, the teacher has to remember what was taught to each class! The best advice I can think of is to attend a workshop and learn from some of the skilled teachers who have implemented it and helped their students acquire a foreign language with ease and joy. Then practice, observe teachers, practice, keep learning every single day and observe your students’ progress and happiness.
One day, suddenly, the target language starts to flow from those students who have been attentively watching and participating in your lessons. There is no greater reward for a teacher!