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ERIC Number: EJ987773
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1935-7125
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Cultural Storytelling as a Motivational Writing Prompt for English Language Learners: A Collaborative Research Endeavor
Cook, Carolyn L.; Taylor, Megan E.
School-University Partnerships, v5 n2 p75-88 Fall 2012
This qualitative study addresses the question "Does the use of storytelling motivate English language learners to engage in literacy practices more, or in a better way, and if so, how?". Storytelling of cultural tales related to fifth grade students' home cultures was introduced to provide a prompt for resultant student discussion and writing. All data collected--a writing attitude survey, writing samples, recordings of group discussions, and a final interview--display the literacy growth of Raeda, a newly emigrated girl from Bangladesh. A primary theme that emerged from this study was that the storytelling of cultural tales as discussion and writing prompts is a motivational factor in the process of learning a second language. This article also recounts the challenges and rewards of a year of collaborative instruction between a university faculty member and an English language learner teacher in a Professional Development School. The PDS partnership laid the foundation for this collaborative research to occur. The research endeavor positively affected all stakeholders--students, pre-service teachers, the in-service teacher, and the university professor. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Bangladesh; Maryland
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