COD 2007 - PS22

Improving Storytelling Skills: Beyond the Basics

Primary and Middle School Teachers who already have attended the course "Helping Teachers Become Storytellers" in 2006.

1 sessions, start: 15-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White
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ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
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Non affiliate
ARS 30.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 15 August 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White

María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White is Teacher of English (ISP Rosario), Drama teacher (Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático), and holds the National Diploma of Children's Literature, Christchurch C.E. (New Zealand). She's taught the subject at Escuela Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Sofía B. de Spangenberg"; IES Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández", and at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Cristina contributed as co-author for Good Times Primary English and Stories, Richmond Santillana; "Literature in Language Teaching" for the Licenciatura Educación at Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, and "Storytelling" for the British Council. Her children stories published by Alfaguara Infantil were recommended by the Barahone Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Cal. State University, San Marcos, U.S.A.; her research on storytelling and EFL learning appeared in Talespinner Journal of Research. An expert oral storyteller, Cristina delights in sharing stories with audiences of all ages and the tools of the art with colleagues and students.
Primary and Middle School Teachers who already have attended the course "Helping Teachers Become Storytellers" in 2006.
To enable teacher storytellers to: - Respond to texts creatively. - Develop strategies to adapt materials they wish to use. - Hone their storytellers' voice. - Experience self-control and reassurance when telling stories. - Enrich their acquired basic skills by exposure to and feedback from peer audience.
1. The storytelling event: teller, story, audience. 2. Strategies to further enhance imagining, voice and expression, posture. 3. Finding one's own personal style. 4. Bringing words alive . 5. Sharing minimal stories with peers; giving and receiving feedback to/from peers. The coordinator will provide a sampler of brief written texts for participants to adapt and present orally. Participants may choose to bring their own story to adapt and present. If so, they are encouraged to choose a personal anecdote or any brief text chosen from the folk tradition.
Brief introduction by coordinator followed by pair/small group work, and personal/small group response to activities and/or texts
http://www.storyarts.org/index. html Garvie, Edie (1990). Story as Vehicle: teaching English to young children. Clevendon: Multilingual Matters Ltd. Lipman, Doug (1999) Improving Your Storytelling. Little Rock: August House, Inc. Taylor, Eric K. (2000) Using Folktales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wajnryb, Ruth (2003) Stories. Narrative activities in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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