109 c. The visual attraction; it uses colorful pictures which mostly attract children’s
attention. d. Imaginative story; it is also interesting for children. However, the context of this
story is abstract for children since it tells about autumn and spring which unfamiliar with them. The strange context requires the teacher to expose more
information to make the children more familiar with the context. e. A season when all green leaves turn down to brown
f. The happiness of little green leaf live together with its brothers and sisters
4. “The Chickens Take a Holiday”
The story tells about Tim’s farm where there are five chickens and ten cows. The dialogue between chickens and cows talk about taking a holiday after they work
hard to give the farmer ten eggs and one hundred pails of milk. But at last Tim, the owner of chickens and cows felt tired after working hard a week and he wants to
take a holiday that week. The things can be explored are:
a. The concept of accessibility; 1 the character, animal, is familiar to the children, 2 it is simple in line with the form of language use, and 3 it uses good
grammar. b. The concept of exploitability: it uses the functional expressions, like; oh
handsome crow, can you sing. c. Imaginative story; it is also interesting for children.
There are two reasons why I put this story at the forth rank. Firstly, the presentation of the story lacks of colorful pictures which makes it less virtual in concept.
Secondly, the story needs an analysis process so quite difficult that the children can catch the idea of the story.
5. “Who is the king of the forest?”
a. The concept of accessibility; 1 it is familiar to the children since it talks about animal character, 2 it is simple whether the language use and the length of the
story, and 3 it uses good grammar which is important for children living in less exposure of that language.
b. The concept of exploitability; it uses some functional expression which comprises the body response, e.g. jump.
c. Imaginative story; it is also interesting for children. Actually, this story is not so far different from the fourth one. I place this story at
the fifth place since it possesses some weaknesses, such as: 1 the concept of virtual is abstract for children so it is less attractive for them, 2 the plot of the story needs
analysis ability which force the children to think deeply to understand the story or even they may get nothing, and 3 it’s quite long compared to the fourth one.
6. “The chicken take a holiday”
