Story-telling as a technique of teaching speaking to SMA students - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

THE SAMPLE OF "STORY-TELLING" ACTIVITY

Fi~st, the teache~ tells a story as an example to the stude-nts~ l'l-i'tPn"J'n-cJs, he o> she exrlains about the topic,

what, st•··uctu~a 1 items, and language

tt ~~ ·fl2l,\i cloys ago, my cousin and I went shopping ~or a

In one of the shops,

Howeve~, the

Finally, I have decided to

•JO i'd'"b:•· that, wu had

1 I ... L' I orde~ed

"tutti f>utti" while my cousin had "black forest". Both of us ,-c~lly onjoyed the ice c~eam. Unfortunately, when wr2 ,-etut· ,-,,,,; horne, thr-ot ,. ,was a heavy down-pou~. As

neither-o-f us had b•-ought -Jn LHilbtt:clla along, both of us got wet". Ft-om tho stot·y above, the teachet- can conclude about the topic, whuvc, wher1, st~uctu~al items, and language

e >< p t~ e s :_; i on, l i k e :

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

STRUCTURI'JL I

TEY!S

Shoppinq. Pevsonal expe~ience.

In the shopping center.

'

Past tirne.

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

Pronouns, Adjective Clause.

Expressing about price and

liking.

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Second,

the teacher asks each student

questions

and

each student is supposed to answer them by telling

a

story

according to the questions asked, for example:

The teacher's questions

~=

"What

is

the mc•st exciting e);perien.:e

in

your

life?",

"When

and where did it happen?",

"Please share

it

with

y.:•ur friends!"

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

STRUCTUF.:AL ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

Birthday party.

Personal experience.

In the restaurant.

Past time.

Past Tense, Pronouns,

Word-Order, Degree of Comparison,

Conjunction, Preposition,

Indirect Speech.

Greeting, Expressing praise

and pleasure.

The expected story of the students:

''The most exciting experience of my life happenned when

I

was seventeen years old.

At that time, my parer1ts held

a

great birthday party for me.

I invited all of my friends.

There were about a hundred people in the party.

The party

was

great and crowded.

At that time, I wore a

marvelous

around the room and greeted everyone by saying ''Hello''

or

''Hi,

I

am glad you come''.

The time that impressed me

the

most

was

the

time when all of my

friends

sang

''Happy

Birthday"

for

me.

At

the end

of

the

party,

I

took

pictures with all of my friends as the beautiful memory of

mine~~.

Third,

the

teacher

may

correct

the

wron9

pronounciation

while

the students

tell

their

stories.

Finally, the teacher gives his or her appreciation

before

THE TEACHER'S

QUESTIONS

THE

TOPIC OF

THE

STORY

viHAT

WHERE

WHE:\!

STRUCTURAL ITEMS

LANGUAG~ EXPRESSION

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2

"Would You t e l l us about youl'

-L•mi Jy?", "How many of them are

ther·e?", "What do they do?"

My family.

Per-sonal l i f e .

At home.

Pn?sent tirnP.

Simple Present Tense, Pronouns,

Preposl tiuns, To Be, Concord,

Conjunction, Present Perfect

Continuous Tet~SP.

Expressing ~Ieasure.

If I live on :; At juna Slr·ec;l with nty farni ly. My -family

consir;t-.c:; n-r

-f"oi.J~-1970.

pers8n~, lh~y are, my father, my mothel',

myst,lf. We have been living there since

is ~ bank manager in this town. He wo~ks

from 8:00 to 16:00 evet·yday, while my mother is a

house-wi-fe. Stl1' ,_,r,·,:•n0efc; ~?vcr·ything WEJ need, such as: preparing

our break.fJst, lunch, and dinner·. She is a veyy caring

person. My brother- i~; C\ ,;t.urjr,nt in one of the private

His m._;jor· is computet· science

drHi hr,, ''J'•nts to br' r; cDn•p<li.<n" pr-ogramrnc,r·. My fdmi ly is a

Gmall but happy family, as we ar-e always open to each

other·, -Ft··oquent 1 y sh.u-e our e:<pe•- i ences, and solve our·

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS "Tell us Dbout yow- -Family!",

"lluc-J CJ 1 d clt'e they and what do

they do?

II,

"How many br-othet'S I

and sister's do you have?"

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY My -Family.

WHAT Per-sonal li+e.

WHERE At homFJ

WHEN Pt·esent time.

STRUCTURAL ITEMS Degr-ee of' Compar-ison, Pr-onouns,

Preposition, To Be, Past Tense,

Request Sentence, Ther-e+be+S,

Concord, To Have.

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION Asking to do something.

"LHt mr" tell you surnething about my family. My +ather is

fourty-nine. fie is a lot older- than my mother-. She is

only thirty-eight. Dad has a small tr-ading company. He

is so busy with his business that we o+ten hear him ask

1'1om, "Would you help me with the company, please?" I

have two brothers ar1d a sister, so thete are -Fout o-F us

c< l tooether· in the -Family. The oldest is my br-other

Rich,1:d. I lc' l :__; t:c-Jont·; ~-)(7\/(">fl ~ He i f."j (11~3 ,- ,.-ierJ ,, n cJ has two

daughb:ot··s. The ne:' t o 1 de•- is my sister· Angela. She is

twenty-three. She just graduated fl"om a university and

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seventeen

and I

am in

the

second

year of Senior High

School.

Michael.

School.

The

youngest one

in my

family is my brother

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY WHAT

vJHERE WHEN

STRI JCTURAL ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

"Please tell us about your- daily activity 1_{" ,}

evet·yday?"

"What

My ~-outi ne.

Eve~yday's activity.

?H. home.

P~esent timo.

do you do

Simple Present Tense, Pronouns,

Pn>pos it ions, Present Per-fect

Continuous TPnse, Conjunction, To

Be,

Concor-d.

O-f-fering to do something.

"I yet up ,3t 5:30 in the monling. A-fter that, I brush my Th<e:n, I ask rny 111othet' i-f she needs

my help in the kitchen be-fot'e haviny my At

7:::;0, go to sct1ool by motor-cycle. I an-i ve ther-e at

7:45 and study until 1::':30. A-fter school I

din:r:tly cl r l rl havr' lunch with my -family. Then I take a ] i t t 1 E'> Ckl!J. At 1 1-l: 30 I ~- ea d the da i 1 y

15:00 I t ,J k C' a math lesson on Mondays

newspaper. At and Thur-sdays, tennis cout·se 011 TuDsd~ys a11d Ft-idays, and join an English

cntH·c;r' on vlcdnesday:.; and Satur-days. At 17:30, I take my

E,7

19:00

I

have dinner with my family, and

then

we

share

our experiences with each other.

This is the moment

that

I really enjoy the most.

Finally, I study my lessons

for

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS "Do you have a pet 7", "Would you tell us about it?", "What does i t look like and how is it?!l

THE TOPIC

OF

THE STORY My dog.

l;.JHAT Persona 1 pr.t-.

WHERE At home.

STRlJCTIJR(IL I TEr-18 S i "'P 1 c p, esent Tense, Adjective

" I havP PekingesP

Clause, Advetb Clause, Pronouns,

3 i rnp l r' r•-c":;r:>nt r.ont i nuous Tense,

Conjunction, Concorrl, To Have, Flnllt-~J-r.},J:!SE:::' !tTh,_1l11

•

-, ten-'r" n + t h c_) Ci +- : : C c· r; t 0~ I

a dog, hPr name is f-:'iky.

can bE':

-She is a small black She; is vet·y wondet·ful. Het' eyes are very big and she does not have a nose. She looks so cute that everybody loves her. She is a friendly dog as she does not

bat·k I

rne nevJspape r·

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THE TEACHER"S QLJFSTIONS

"Wnuld you tell us about your

f.1rnily?", "What do they like?"

THE TOPTC OF THE STORY

' II 1,_.1""'1,_

.. \: ;"·t :_ I\:

l~HEN

STRUCTURAL T TFi'"'S

LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS

P~-p~;ent time.

1 o~ Comparison, Prepositions, Concot'd.

Expressing liking and hope.

The expected stm·y o-f the students £ill:! be:

"Ow- -family a1'e all quite di~~e•·ent. My ~ather and I are

both interested in swimming. We o~ten go to the swimming pool together. I wish I can be a ~amous swimmer like

J~net Evans one day. My mother is very religious and does not go out a lot. She spends the day taking care o~ our house. Budi, my younger brother, likes sports very ~uch.

He

enjoys playing baskPtball. Lina, my younger sister,

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS

THE TOPIC

or

THE STORY WHAT

WHERE WHEN

STRUCTURAL ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

"Would you tell us school?",

is it?11

My school.

"Wher-e is

Pet'SOna I sw·,·oundi ng. At school.

Present time.

about your-it, <:~nd how

Present Continuous Tense,

Wor-d-Order, Preposition, There+be+S,

Concord, Present Perfect Tense, p~- (JrlOUrlS.

Expressing pleasure and g•·a t-. i tune.

"T dfri sludyiri\J in Sl. l .. uuis Hiuh School. I L is located in is quite

is ver-y

t.ho crrli:.r·•· pdt·i nl Lhr.• c:i ty, rid lrJd De1> mo, and

close to Widya Mandala University. The school

beautiful with lots of trees and colourful flower-s.

All

tho buildings are •Platively new, with white paint of the

ffiliS} C dnd

garnes.

Tllet·e a1 e •oevet·a] buildings fo1· our classes, a a libra>y, -3nd a large building for meetings,

ci; ~-I_ II t ·::1 •

arn happy to study hete and

T

say,

f'o•· spot ts and "Thanks a lot,

APPENDIX 8

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS

THE

TOPTr.

01-

THI- STORY

WH(iT

WHERE

WHEN

STRUCTURAL I TEI"IS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

"Please describe about your

r1eighbourhood! ", "How are your neighbours':'", "Are they kind?"

My

r1eighbourhood. Personal sun--ounding.

At hume.

P1·osent time.

Present Tense, FtJture Tense,

Past Tense, rrE:poslt.ions,

Bound Clause "_If", Concord,

Pt·onouns, To Be, Wot'd-Ordel'",

Ther·e+be t·S.

Expressing pt"aise and t1op8,

Offering to do something.

" I 1 i vc in a very nice nuighbourhoud. Tho streets are

ve,--y clean, tho hOllSOS and there is a

Thel'"e

is a S)hopp i ng cer1lur just down the street with a

cl nd r:oup1e of

My neighbours are very

t.u Cdch othc:>r. They w i 1 1 say with

pleasul'e, "Would you like me to help?" When my -fl'iend

.fr·om Ja.~--ar--ta c~:trne to stay with us,

"It

will come again someday. We will help each other if one

of us finds a problem. I really enjoy living in this

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

STRUCTURAL ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

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APPENDIX

'9

"WheYe did

you

go yesteYday?",

"What did y•::.u see there?", "Whom

do you meet theYe?"

Sho:•pping.

PeYsonal expeYience.

At the shopping center.

Past time.

Past Tense, TheYe+be+S, Concord,

Past Continuous Tense, Pronouns,

Bound- ClaLISe "If", Prepc•sition,

Modification <N+N), And, But.

Greeting, intYoducing people to

otheys, asking for help.

The

~xpected

story of the sh1dents.

£JMl.

be:

''I went to Plaza Surabaya with my friend, Susan,

yesterd~y

afternoon.

There were a lot of exclusive shops in

Plaza

Surabaya.

Theye was a big department store on the

ground

fl

C•Or.

There

was

also

a

very large book

shop

on

the

second

flcu::.r.

The radio and hi-fi shops were located

on

the third floor.

And there were seveYal good

restaurants

on

the top floor.

For about an hour we went around

just

seeing

things

without

buying anything.

When

we

were

walking

downstairs, we met my old friend Mary.

We

said,

"Hi,

how are you?" to each other.

Then I introduced

her

me to help her choose a nice one.

So, we accompanied

her

THE

TEACHER'S QUESTIONS

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

STRUCTURrtl_ ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

" I hr3d ·:"J p

'

~-, _{\'-=],.:' C1} t p i

l

-Ft-orr.

"

c

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"Where did you go last. "With whom did you yo Lhere?", "What did you do thet'e'?"

Picnic.

Persor1al expet·ience.

I r1 Sat dngan.

r ..

-)St tirne.

Dast Tens~, Modals, Pronouns,

Prepositions, Concord.

Exp~essing hope and pleasure,

c>er;kir11J per-mission to do

something.

r i ( '

,

_c.1'.•

'-

D(;?r_ C'lfi ~J~;;f wi t. h

'

t! t:• .,

Wic 1 i::''t";

-·

1-_ _{:.~ ,}

-- 0 c.: L oc ~ i rr the mor· ni ng by a bus, and

-3n 1ved ther-e at ten o'clock. I

'

hopfc>d I r_;uuld c:_;wim -•nd r·ow--' ·=m.otll hrJat. Then I asked my

dfiU I'CJW a boat Oil the lake?"

Luckily, T 0 i d , vet·y glad to i t .

l\le r~perrt the! rnot·ni ng

swimrrting dnd r~owing ;1r1all bo(~lts on the lake. Then we had

OUt' lunch in d ~~rnd]] I'(>SL'!Lll'.:tnt OVE't-looJ:ing thf:c> beautiFul

admired the spectacular view from the top. We got bao:k to

APPENDIX 11

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS : "What is your- hobby?", "Please tell us about it!"

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY WH()T

WHERE WHEN

STRUCTURAL ITEMS

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

My hobby.

Personal hobby. At home.

Pr-ese>nt time.

p,-esent Tc,n<;c, Present Pet' -feet Tense, Present Future Tense,

Pn:osent Conti rtuous Tense, To

Have, Modals, Adjective Clause, Adver-bial Clause, Concord,

Passive.

Expressing hope and disliking.

The expected story of the~ stucients can be:

"My pt'imat·y hobby t'ight now is listening to the r-adio.

I!J\m" I d "' ; , \:. h urn H , 1 us u a 1 1 y t u ,- n o n t he ,-a d i o a n d listen

to my favour-ite r-adio station, EBS FM. In addition to the music, I ~lso like the quizzes which ar-e presented several times a day. Ever-y few hours, the r-adio announcer will

give t.rlnphone.

THE TEACHER'S QUESTIONS ;. "Would you tell us about your

favourite hobby?", "Since when

did you like it?"

THE TOPIC OF THE STORY t1y hobby.

WHAT Personal hobby.

WHERE

In the swimming pool.

Pn:,sent time.

STRUCTURAL ITEMS Past Tense, Present Tense,

'

Degree of Comparisor1, Modals,

Pronouns, Modificatior1 CN+NI,

LANGUAGE EXPRESSION Exp,-essing liking.

The expected stJ2..!::.Y_ of the students can be:

"I like spoy·ts ver-y much. One of them is swimming, v-.~hich

is my favourite hobby. When I was ten years old, I joined

a swimming-club in my town. We had exercises twice a

week.

we 11.

stroke,

My special number is free-style. I can do i t 'very

Besides, I am also good at backstroke and

breast-whereas butterfly-stroke is the most difficult

style for me. It requires an extra energy to be able to

do it. Presently, I no longer join the club since I am

too busy with my study. Nevertheless, swimming is s t i l l

THE TEnCHER·"S QUESTIONS

T~IE TOPIC OF THE STDR'f

>.;HEN

0TRI JCTIIR(',i_ I TC:MS

! (',f\!GI J()GE F X PRESS T nN

APPENDIX 13

"Where did you go on Sunday?", "With whom did you go there?", "What did you see there?"

Sightseeing.

Personal activity. ?'d: the zoo.

Past tim8.

Past Tense, Adjective Clause, To Infinitive, Bound-Clause "If", Prepositions, Pr-onouns, Passive. Expressing agreement, pleasure, rwaising, hope., liking; asking

t.o cJo ~>OfllL'thi ng·.

"'in s~u·\(JC\'f li\OI·"ning, I took my ten--year-old nephew, Bobby,

1 .• 11 tl<e :coo . d,·ove to the car-park and paid the entrance

.. •. Firc:>L of .:d l, o-K· we1lt to see the 1 ions because Bobby

Then, we walked to the snake house Next, we went to see the

F;n:li'l '.;e<·<•1r·Li to 1 i kt> them very much. Then, we saw

kQiilOdos, chimpanzees, etc. I was tired and hoped

,u 1-''' hrHnr• cc;uun, t.Jut Bobby s t i l l did not want to go home.

He

wanted to see

i f there were any fish like the ones he had at home.

agr-eed. On the way home, he said that I was a nice aunt

APPENDIX 14

TI~E TEACHER'S QUESTIONS "What YOU!' plans fol' you!'

next holiday?", "When you

going to do it?"

THC TOi"IC OF THE STORY r1y p 1 an.

Pet'sonal activity.

In Tokyo.

C::TroUCTURAL ITEMS Simple Futul'e Tense, Past Tense,

Present Perfect Tense, Modals,

To Be, Adveo·b, Modification,

i.~fJCIJ~GC EXPRESSION

askir1g to do something.

o1 thP ''b' rlF>nt~; r-l n t·-r,:

---- ----~ ~-

----Wr· will be thete for a wcel and stay at my uncle's

is stJch a lo119 time tt'''t we• have not seen each

~--, t. hr:• 1- _{~3 i} nee he rnovPd there in 1980. So, my pal'ents

~0id okay when he asked us to visit him. t1y

ML. Fuji, and see a Kabuki peo·fo1·mance. He v~ i 1 1