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Samuelson, Beth Lewis; Park, G Yeon; Munyaneza, Simon Pierre – TESOL Journal, 2018
When teachers and learners of English face challenging circumstances such as limited access to books and teaching supplies, local practices such as oral storytelling traditions can provide creative resources for supporting language and literacy development. We describe how a cultural imaginary of stories told by Rwandan and U.S. students supported…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Story Telling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Desai, Shiv Raj; Marsh, Tyson – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2005
Spoken word is a form of poetry that utilizes the strengths of the communities: oral tradition, call-and-response, home languages, storytelling, and resistance. Spoken word poetry is usually performed for an audience and must be heard. The authors are interested in investigating how spoken word can be utilized as a critical teaching tool that can…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Oral Tradition, Word Recognition, Poetry