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4 Opportunities to learn other things in addition to language through linking
work with other areas of the curriculum. This also involves developing appreciation of literature.
5 Opportunities to learn through organizing lessons which provide
opportunities to develop learning strategies. Deeply, Brewster et al 2002: 196-197 explain the techniques of storytelling.
First, start with a short session which does not demand too much from the children when the story is unfamiliar for them. Second, arrange the children to
make a half circle and sit on the floor to make sure they can see pictures of the story and hear teacher‟s voice clearly. Third, read the story clearly and slowly.
Fourth, comments the illustrations and direct students‟ attention to some points. Next, involve the students into the story by asking questions and repeating key
vocabulary items and phrases. Then, help them to convey the meaning through gestures, mime, and facial expressions. After that, use variation of voice pace,
tone, and volume. Next, in order to give dramatic effects and time for children in relating things they hear and see, the teacher can stop telling the story where
appropriate and make sounds effect. Ninth, disguise characters‟ sound by disguising your voice. Last, repeating, expanding, and reformulating stories are
not prohibited. Moreover, delivering stories can be done through recorded and live version
Brewster et al, 2002: 196. Using recorded version allow children to hear stories spoken by someone else. It usually contains sound effects which amuses children
and helps them to guess unknown words. On the other hand, the teaching and
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learning will be a monotonous and passive activity because of the lack of interaction between teachers and children.
The best way in delivering stories is through live storytelling. Teachers are able to interact with children and involve them actively. They can use different
intonation, gesture, mime, or ask questions to get children‟s attention and elicit their understanding. Furthermore, teachers can stop and repeat stories when
children ask them to.