Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language

This article presents the results of a study on utilizing stories for teaching English as a foreign language to children in first, second and third grades. It was carried out in a Colombian public elementary school in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The proposal was initiated by a group of student-teachers a...

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Porras González, Nohora Inés
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2010
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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ESL
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Storytelling
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title Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
spellingShingle Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
TESOL
ESL
Applied Linguistics
Storytelling
story
reading
teaching
children
title_short Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
title_full Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
title_fullStr Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
title_full_unstemmed Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
title_sort Teaching english through stories: a meaningful and fun way for children to learn the language
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Porras González, Nohora Inés
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Porras González, Nohora Inés
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ESL
Applied Linguistics
Storytelling
story
reading
teaching
children
topic TESOL
ESL
Applied Linguistics
Storytelling
story
reading
teaching
children
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