Storytelling to Promote Participation in EFL Second Graders

Abstract

This study explores the effects of the application of storytelling activities on the learners’ participation in EFL classes with a population of second graders in a district public school. The question posed was: How is second graders participation when storytelling activities are implemented in the EFL class? To accomplish the objective of the study two major strategies were used: a qualitative approach in the data analysis and an action research for the type of research. Regarding the data collection, teachers’ journals entries, audio recording of classes, students’ documents were used, with a random selected population from the second grade group. It is found that active participation in the learning environment involves complex processes of classroom interaction, and student’s values’ perceptions. Furthermore, this kind of activities promotes an interaction where the dynamic teacher-students and student-student work together to obtain a common English language understanding.