Storytelling Extends Literary Language.

Wason-Ellam, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ343651

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Storytelling Extends Literary Language.

Wason-Ellam, Linda

Highway One, v9 n2 p33-39 Spr 1986

Describes and provides examples of how storytelling can help develop children's language ability. Argues that the goal is not to teach children language but to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. (SRT)

Descriptors: Child Development, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach, Listening Skills, Oral Language, Reader Text Relationship, Role Playing, Story Grammar, Story Telling, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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