Using Signed Stories in the ESL classroom
There are endless ways to use stories in the classroom – here are some ideas:
Rhyme
Younger children don’t necessarily need to learn the meaning of every word, just what is happening generally in the story. What is important is that they are able to listen and imitate pronunciation.
Our collection of nursery rhymes Handy Rhymes tells popular and simple stories with repetitive vocabulary and word patterns.
- Humpty Dumpty contains four-line verses with rhyming couplets.
- Several nursery rhymes can help you teach specific English vocabulary. Hickory Dickory Dock is great when teaching children to tell the time. And Five Little Speckled Frogs is useful when learning numbers.
The content of rhymes also allows children to hear English in different ways – for example the lullaby of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the limerick Little Miss Muffet.
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