STORYTELLING

ELOCUTION

DRAMA
 TSLB3063:Teaching of
Listening and Speaking Skills in
the Primary ESL Classroom
Topic 3(b): Planning Enrichment Activities
Designing enrichment activities:-
drama, storytelling, elocution

LEARNING OUTCOME:
Students should be able to:
select, create and evaluate materials for
developing listening and speaking skills for
enrichment activities.
Enrichment activities
In a mixed-ability class, when the teacher
conducts activities or gives exercises there
will be students who finish their work faster
than their peers.
to keep them occupied to prevent any
disruption to the rest of the class.
Enrichment activities
These are language activities that require students
to work individually, in pairs, or groups.
They are carried out with the aim of improving
students ability in a particular area or a general
area.
They are usually carried out after a skill or several
skills are taught.
The focus can be on fluency and /or accuracy.
The main purpose is to provide opportunities and
assistance to empower students with the
language and skills necessary for academic and
social success.
Concept of enrichment
Expands on pupils learning in ways that
differ from the methods used during the
school day
Enhances pupils education by bringing
new concepts to light or by using old
concepts in new ways
Allows pupils to apply knowledge and skills
stressed in school to real-life experiences
Purposes of remedial and
enrichment activities
To help pupils overcome gaps and errors in
their English language proficiency
To make pupils notice their mistakes or
errors and discover for themselves what is
wrong and what is right
To monitor pupils errors or mistakes
a. General Principles for
planning listening and speaking
enrichment activities

How are students identified?

Firstly, identify the students based on the
accuracy of the task completed. Once the
students have been identified, the teacher
gives strict instructions for the enrichment
activities.
a. General Principles for
planning listening and speaking
enrichment activities

When are the activities carried out?

The activities can be carried out after
students completed an assigned task within
the lesson.
The teacher can ask the students for the
enrichment activities to sit in a corner to
prepare for the activity.

a. General Principles for

planning listening and speaking
enrichment activities

How can we determine which type of

activity to be carried out?
The teacher has to give specific instruction
on the particular enrichment activity that
can be carried out.
The selection of activity depends on the
specific area taught. Nevertheless,
enrichment activities are suitable to
reinforce all listening and speaking skills.
a. General Principles for
planning listening and speaking
enrichment activities
Amount of available time
The type of enrichment activities to be
carried out also depends on the time
available.
If there is time constraint then an activity
which does not need a lot of time can be
done.
Nevertheless, students can be given time to
prepare for the activity and present it in the
next lesson.
b. Examples of listening and
speaking enrichment activities
that can be carried out.
Dramatisation Storytelling
Elocution Poetry recitation
Jazz chant Nursery rhymes
Information gap activities Problem solving
activities
Ranking activities Projects
Simulations Role play
Vocabulary games, word puzzles
c. Advantages of carrying out

enrichment activities

Keep students occupied with language

activities
As a reinforcement of language learnt
Motivate students to learn more
Further strengthen students language
ability
Boost self-confidence and self-esteem
Learning satisfaction
Promote learner autonomy
i. Drama
What is drama?
- Drama is a unique activity too to explore and
express human feeling. It is an essential form of
behaviour in all cultures and a fundamental
human activity
Why teach drama?
- To enhance listening and speaking skills
- To build self-confidence to speak in front of
other and to listen attentively to the other
speakers
- To help the pupils to adapt their talk to the
listeners, use range ways to express themselves
and use talk to clarify their ideas
Some suggested preparation
before the activity
You may record the instructions and get the
pupils to play it to get the instructions.
(Mission Impossible)
Dip instructions from a bag.
Prepare masks, puppets, costume.
Enrichment Activity
Story Dance
Divide them into groups and sit in a circle for each
group.
Put props in the middle of each circle and ask them
look at the props without discussing.
Ask them to close their eyes and think what story they
could create based on the props.
Give them some time to think with their eyes closed
and at the same time play relaxing music to create the
mood.
Have them tell their group members about the story
they have imagined by using the props with the music
on.
ii. Storytelling
What is storytelling?
STORYTELLING is the art in which a teller
conveys a message, truths, information,
knowledge, or wisdom to an audience
often in an entertaining way, using
whatever skills, (musical, artistic, creative)
or props he chooses, to enhance the
audience's enjoyment, retention and
understanding of the message conveyed.
Stories are sometimes told purely for joy
and delight.
Why teach storytelling?
To have the pupils practise the skills of
listening and speaking in English language
Examples of storytelling activities:
Story Circle
Set a title for the session. The pupils sit in a
circle. A pupil will begin the tale with a
sentence and the other pupils will continue
the thread one by one. Teacher records the
session for later listening.
Creating Personal Fables
Ask the pupils to create stories based on their
choice of animals
Some helpful sites for
planning storytelling
activities
https://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/lesso
nideas/index.html#hunt
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/0
4/storytelling-activities-kids.html
iii. Elocution
What is elocution?
The ability to speak clearly, correctly and
without a strong accent.
Why teach elocution?
To increase the pupils confidence when
speaking in public
To get rid of bad language habits
To soften or reduce regional/national
accent
To improve pupils speaking skills
Some helpful sites for
planning elocution activities.
http://www.write-out-loud.com/public-
speaking-activities.html
http://www.write-out-loud.com/elocution-
topics-for-kids.html
 Suggested enrichment
activity:

The teacher plans to give elocution as an

enrichment activity. The teacher prepares the
topics for the students identified for the activity.
Students are given 3 minutes to prepare the
content of the topics. The teacher can check on
the students from time to time to make sure the
students adhere to the requirements of the task.
When the time is up, students present their work
to the rest of the class one at a time. The teacher
gives encouragement in the form of praises.

Types of stimuli
Pictures
Comics
Audio (eg. Recorded dialogues or
instructions)
Video (eg. Screencast, video clips)
Objects
Situations
Prints such as advertisement, posters, etc.
Suggested media
www.pixton.com
writecomics.com
wittycomics.com
www.pixton.com
www.stripgenerator.com
www.toondoo.com
https://coggle.it/
Storytop.com
Suggestions for enrichment
Learning Drama/ Media / Time
Standards storytelling/ Stimulus allocated
elocution
Tutorial Task 1
In pairs, create an enrichment activity for
one of the genres learnt. In your activity,
include the following:
a. learning standard(s) to be achieved
b.a stimulus for the activity.
Tutorial Task 2
1. In groups, create a checklist for
evaluating enrichment activities.
References
I.S.P. Nation & J. Newton: (2009) Teaching ESL/EFL
listening and speaking. New York :Routledge.

Further readings:
Brown, H.D. (2000). 4th ed. Principles of Language
Learning and Teaching New York: Longman.

Chitravelu, N. et. al. (2005) ELT Methodology:
Principles and Practice Selangor: Fajar Bakti.

Harmer, J. (2007). 4th ed.The Practice of English
Language Teaching. Harlow: Longman.