Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners
Storytelling is widely applied in second language teaching, especially to Very Young Learners (VYLs), as this teaching technique is believed to be highly effective. However, storytelling application in VYLs classrooms may be challenging since these learners possess unique characteristics in terms of...
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HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
2023-06-01
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| description | Storytelling is widely applied in second language teaching, especially to Very Young Learners (VYLs), as this teaching technique is believed to be highly effective. However, storytelling application in VYLs classrooms may be challenging since these learners possess unique characteristics in terms of second language acquisition, which might cause a variety of difficulties for teachers. This paper examines the difficulties Vietnam - USA Society English Center’s teachers encounter during their storytelling application to teach VYLs. Accordingly, 60 teachers at the language school, who were selected based on their teaching experience, participated in the study. An online survey was carried out in order to find out the participants’ opinions on storytelling application challenges regarding the teaching method, the learners’ characteristics, and the materials. Additionally, in-depth interviews were conducted with twelve randomly chosen teachers to better understand their rationale and suggestions for those difficulties. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were calculated for questionnaire information while the qualitative responses were transcribed and put into themes. The results revealed that the participants encountered certain challenges while delivering storytelling lessons which mainly stemmed from the students and other subjects namely teachers and materials. The findings from this study may help teachers to mitigate the challenges of the storytelling lesson. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21fe31dcbc414440afd495e7f42a6fe02023-07-20T03:11:25ZengHO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCEHo Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences2734-93572734-96242023-06-0113110611610.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.13.1.2287.20231925Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learnersTran Van Doan0Bui Thi Thuc Quyen1Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh Open University, Ho Chi Minh CityStorytelling is widely applied in second language teaching, especially to Very Young Learners (VYLs), as this teaching technique is believed to be highly effective. However, storytelling application in VYLs classrooms may be challenging since these learners possess unique characteristics in terms of second language acquisition, which might cause a variety of difficulties for teachers. This paper examines the difficulties Vietnam - USA Society English Center’s teachers encounter during their storytelling application to teach VYLs. Accordingly, 60 teachers at the language school, who were selected based on their teaching experience, participated in the study. An online survey was carried out in order to find out the participants’ opinions on storytelling application challenges regarding the teaching method, the learners’ characteristics, and the materials. Additionally, in-depth interviews were conducted with twelve randomly chosen teachers to better understand their rationale and suggestions for those difficulties. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were calculated for questionnaire information while the qualitative responses were transcribed and put into themes. The results revealed that the participants encountered certain challenges while delivering storytelling lessons which mainly stemmed from the students and other subjects namely teachers and materials. The findings from this study may help teachers to mitigate the challenges of the storytelling lesson.https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/2287difficultiessecond language acquisitionstorytellingvery young learners |
| spellingShingle | Tran Van Doan Bui Thi Thuc Quyen Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences difficulties second language acquisition storytelling very young learners |
| title | Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners |
| title_full | Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners |
| title_short | Difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners |
| title_sort | difficulties encountered by teachers in using storytelling to teach very young learners |
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