ERIC Number: EJ998016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jan
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"Storyline": A Task-Based Approach for the Young Learner Classroom
Ahlquist, Sharon
ELT Journal, v67 n1 p41-51 Jan 2013
The Storyline approach is little known in language teaching contexts although it has much in common with task-based education. Learners play the parts of characters in an unfolding narrative, collaborating on tasks in small groups, a method which combines the use of language skills with practical work. A word often used by participants in a Storyline topic is "fun". This article reports on a study in which I attempted to identify the features that particularly appealed to a class of Swedish 11-13 year olds, and how working in this way impacted on their learning of English. The data show that learners were strongly motivated by particular tasks and that the experience of taking part in a Storyline brought specific language benefits.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Story Telling, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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