Sounds childish? Definitely not. Childlike, may be..which is positive indeed. This is a common genre of creative speech that is discussed at TESL conferences. As much as it is mostly children who participate in storytelling competitions, students in secondary school, colleges and higher istitutions may want to try it out themselves.
My children have tried storytelling, and these stories have taken them through challenging moments on stage, losing and also winning the prizes and incentives, of course. To me, what really matters is that they find enough courage in themselves to stand in front of a big audience, being only 7,8, and 9 then, participate, and learn the tru meaning of perseverence (lots of practice) and endeavour. Congratz Nadia & Farah. You are such darlings:)
Why storytelling, you may ask. Well, most interestingly, it improves your paralanguage ( which is like icing to d birthday cake & spice to mamak's curry). That includes intonation, voice, expressions,...hmmm..can imagine a speech embedded with these effects? a conversation embellished with these secret formulas?
Like reading aloud, try storytelling. Grab a big book this moment and have lots of fun. Enjoy.
My children have tried storytelling, and these stories have taken them through challenging moments on stage, losing and also winning the prizes and incentives, of course. To me, what really matters is that they find enough courage in themselves to stand in front of a big audience, being only 7,8, and 9 then, participate, and learn the tru meaning of perseverence (lots of practice) and endeavour. Congratz Nadia & Farah. You are such darlings:)
Why storytelling, you may ask. Well, most interestingly, it improves your paralanguage ( which is like icing to d birthday cake & spice to mamak's curry). That includes intonation, voice, expressions,...hmmm..can imagine a speech embedded with these effects? a conversation embellished with these secret formulas?
Like reading aloud, try storytelling. Grab a big book this moment and have lots of fun. Enjoy.
