happened in their lives. It is very simple to tell story to other, as simple as expressing what is on mind.
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As people like to share their stories or experience, it is explained further on the book of Wilson, storytelling is thought of as something belonging to a pre-
industrial or mythical past. Stories have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values.
Crucial elements of storytelling include plot, characters, and narrative point of view.
As the understanding of storytelling explained above, it can be concluded that actually storytelling is an activity to share what is on mind. It has many benefits,
such as for entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. It is also has elements that have to be noticed, they are plot, characters,
and narrative point of view.
2. The Aims of Storytelling
According to Ellis and Brewster, storytelling technique can motivate students to develop positive attitudes towards the foreign language and language learning.
In every story, there will be a moral message can be taken, whether it is negative or positive. If it is negative, teacher must tell the students not to copy, but if it is
positive, teacher must tell the students to do so.
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Moreover, through storytelling students will be taught listening, good oral language, plot, sequencing,
characterization. Also, the importance of storytelling is about visualization, so storytelling
mentally stimulates students as they naturally begin to imagine and make sense of the story while they listen.
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Daniel Gray Wilson, Storytelling in Organizations, London: Harvard Univeristy, 2002, pp. 4-5.
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Gail Ellis and Jean Brewster, The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers, United Kingdom: British Council, 1991, p. 2.
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Hilary Dawn, Oral Storytelling and Student Learning; Once Upon A Classroom, Canada, National Library, 1999 pp.6-7
Storytelling can
increase students’ ability to share social experience.
Storytelling is not only enjoyable, but can help build up st
udents’ confidence and
encourage social and emotional development. Oral storytelling allows students to show their communication skill. It results
in the use of paralinguistict features gestures, facial expression as well as linguistic features use tense, linking devices, clarification of ambiguity.
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Moreover, there are some objectives of storytelling in teaching English skill; a to
enhance students’ confidence in speaking skill
b to develop problem solving c to teach narrative structure and practice description d to improve
pronunciation and intonation e to encourage interaction and share culture
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Here, the writer believes that storytelling technique is an effective strategy that incorporation the aesthetic ways of knowing into instruction. Also,
storytelling has one benefit in enhancing the arts of education of English and surely motivate students to connect with their learning process.
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From those aims of storytelling, it can be concluded that storytelling gives many benefits besides improving speaking skills. Other skills that can be improve
through storytelling, such as
students’
positive attitudes towards the foreign language and language learning, listening, good oral language, plot, sequencing,
characterization,
students’ ability to share social experience
and linguistic features.
C. Storytelling as Speaking Activity
Storytelling is the oldest form of education activity in speaking skill that can stimulate the learners to enjoy the speaking learning process. It has many benefits,
such as for entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral
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Ibid., p.7
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Pravamayee Samantaray B.Ed, M.phil, Use of Story Telling Method to Develop Spoken English Skill: International Journal of Langauge Linguistics, Vol. 1, No. 1, Vietnam,
2014 p. 41
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Sara Miller Lisa Pennycuff, The Power of Story; Using Storytelling to Improve Literacy Learning: Journal of Cross-Diciplinary- Perspectives in Education, Vol. 1, No. 1, May,
2008 pp.41-42
