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A telling tale
Language
Vocabulary connected with storytelling traditions.
Level
Pre-intermediate to intermediate (equivalent to CEF level B1B2)
Comment
This eLesson looks at storytelling and changes in storytelling traditions.
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Reading eLesson
Answer key
1 1 F (the opposite is true; it has greater importance in cultures where speech is more important that writing). 2 T 3 F (not for the Canadian Mtis but for the Australian Aborigines) 4 T 5 F (storytellers can now be of any age and their audience is also changing, sometimes it is the wider world, not just a community) 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 life /a/ 2 personal /:/ 3 gain /g/ 4 events /s/ 6 Students own ideas.
the (written) word the (next) generation a form of entertainment stories storytelling as a tradition within a community
Related websites
The following websites might be useful for either you or your students. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/storytelling-traditions (information on different types of stories) http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_metis/fp_metis1.html (information on the Mtis) http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/10/indiantales.shtml (Indian tales) http://www.vision2lead.com/Storytelling.pdf (storytelling and collaborative e-learning resources for teachers)
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanglobal.com It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013.