Story Telling

Presented by :
Ayesha BiBi
 What is story telling
Storytelling is an interactive
art of using words and
actions to reveal the elements
and images of a story while
encouraging the imagination
of listeners

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 History of Story Telling
The history of storytelling goes back to thousands year’s
Cave dweller used pigment to paint on walls with their hands to create
stories and myths.the ancient Greeks carved their language into the
walls to tell how history is moving forward.

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 Story Telling and Islam
We have legacy of storytelling
Our holy book the Qur’an and our holy prophet
Hazrat Muhammad ‫علیہ و َـسلّم‬
َ ‫ َصل َّـى لاــلہ‬miracle teaches
us through relaying the stories of those who came
before us
Storytelling is praiseworthy in principle as Allah says
in Qur’an
”so relate the stories, perhaps they may reflect”
[Al –A’raaf 7:176]
 Teaching through storytelling
 Storytelling is the oldest form of
teaching
 It bonded the early human
communities
 Giving children answer to the
biggest question of creation, life
and the after life

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 Importance of storytelling
﹡ Inspire purposeful talking
 Raise the enthusiasm for reading
 Initiate writing
 Enhances the community in room
 Increase verbal proficiency
 Encourage the use of imagination and
creativity
 Enhance listening skills

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 It is said that
Stories are powerful mean of language teaching. A skilful teacher
can use story to develop ”More efficient listening, more fluent
speaking and the ability to read and write easily and completely.
By: Garvie 1990

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 Type of story telling
Oral storytelling
One of the oldest storytelling
form is spoken words.It is
way for real people to tell
the stories from their own Visual storytelling
life. In ancient Greek people Is a form that use visual
would flock to a great media. The can be told using
storyteller like Homer, still photography,
illustration, or video with
enhance graphics and sounds

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 Type of storytelling
Written Storytelling
As long as there have been
written words, there have
been written stories.it
require literacy to read
written stories .
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Digital storytelling,
Technology is powerful tool that has
transformed the way of telling stories.
The rise of multimedia led to the rise
of new and innovative storytelling
techniques and with social media we
all are storyteller.
 A picture is worth a thousand words

A complex idea can be

conveyed with just a single
still image, namely making it
possible to absorb large
amounts of data quickly.

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 How to tell a story
Concentration and Breathing Voice work
Visualization

Word play Encourage student to Sound and silence

tell a story

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 How to become a Good storyteller
 Read as many  Build your  Write down the
different folktales, confidence by stories in the
fables, myths and reading story notebook
legends as you books by different  Don’t be to hard
can voices on your self
 Watch  Pick stories with  Get your self a
professional small number of prop box to
storyteller and characters increase
take notes imagination of
children

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 Thanks!
Any questions?

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