The purpose of the present thesis was to provide a teaching model in teaching oral storytelling in high school Korean class. Also, by providing instances of its application in actual high school classes, the author investigated a way by which teaching...
The purpose of the present thesis was to provide a teaching model in teaching oral storytelling in high school Korean class. Also, by providing instances of its application in actual high school classes, the author investigated a way by which teaching of oral storytelling can be delivered effectively in class. The author is currently a Korean language teacher in a public high school, and has had many years of teaching experience on the subject.
In chapter two, the researcher has examined the need for experiential learning (i.e. actual practices in oral storytelling) for students to learn oral storytelling. To begin this process, experiential learning and teaching in class in general were examined first. Then, the concepts of "story" and "storytelling" were defined. Lastly, the need for guided-teaching of storytelling in class was examined with reference to experiential learning. The necessity of learning oral storytelling in high school class was investigated in its different aspects: the essential value of the oral storytelling, oral storytelling as a means for communication, oral storytelling as an educational experience, oral storytelling as a way to develop one’s skill in spoken language. It should be pointed out that the teaching of oral storytelling has not found its place in the overall education of Korean language. The future curriculum of Korean language in our high school classes should include more extensive teachings of oral storytelling.
In chapter three, a teaching program for the experiential learning of oral storytelling was developed. First, the principles in teaching oral storytelling through experiential learning were established. This was followed by introducing the participants in the present thesis, a class of the first grade high school students in Nam Hae Jae Il high school (grade and class number: 1-7). Then, a teaching model of the oral storytelling was shown. The teaching model was divided and described in three parts based on the students’ learning stages: preparation stage, expression stage, and reflection stage. The three stages was further divided into five smaller parts: 1. finding a story, 2. comprehending the story, 3. telling the story, 4. transcribing the story, 5. reflecting the story. Finally, some of the points that teachers need to be aware when teaching oral storytelling were mentioned at the end of chapter three.
In chapter four, a real class example of teaching oral storytelling through experiential learning was shown. In the first stage of teaching, of the five stages of the teaching model mentioned above, methods by which students search for stories were shown. In the second stage, the process in which students become thoroughly familiar with and understand their chosen story was shown. In the third stage, the main stage of the five, students told their prepared stories. Examples of students’ story-telling from class were presented. When they share their stories, an easy atmosphere in which students can talk freely was important. In addition, the student speaking should feel comfortable enough to speak in a manner that is of his or her everyday speaking. Prior training and/or instructions to students may be necessary to achieve this in class. In the fourth stage, students translated what they spoke into a written form so that they could reflect on their own story telling. One can use electronic mediums, such as a voice recorder, to capture spoken words and then transcribe each spoken word into writing. In the fifth stage, students analyzed the written version of their story and wrote one’s thoughts about their performance. In addition, they discussed their story with other students in class, talking about their presentation and receiving feedback from them. During the process, students learned how successful their communication through oral storytelling to their audience was. This was often accompanied by surprising discovery about their way of storytelling. The teacher played a role of organizing all participating student’s opinions and thoughts, and providing guidance and advices to help them learn skills in oral storytelling.
In chapter five, the summary, suggestions, and limitations of the present thesis were presented. The suggestions included that the education of oral storytelling should be taught using various modalities of language learning (speaking, writing, listening, etc), that teachers should utilize assessments of students’ performance in learning, that students should receive many opportunities in class to perform storytelling, that teachers should encourage students to tell stories in their everyday spoken language, that teachers should actively guide students in class to improve their skills in telling stories, and that storytelling should, at times, incorporated into interesting games and activities. Limitations of the current thesis were as follow: it has not investigated to a sufficient degree the relevant background theory in storytelling, it has not discussed non-linguistic aspects of storytelling, and it has not produced detailed criteria to evaluate the performance of students’ storytelling.