Listening to the stories of other students presents an opportunity to reflect on the perceptions of others and to respond to those reflections. 14 Making stories can give personal dignity and awareness. 15 Frequent listening to stories develops the students' listening skills. 16 Studying and learning stories contextualises language diversity in dialect, register, narrative description, speech. 17 Retelling stories develops awareness of language change from a written story to its spoken form 18 Storytelling develops in the teller a heightened feeling of the nature of spoken language and a feeling for the relationship between, language, voice and body and objects related to different content, contexts and listeners.
Stories link verbal language to the languages of voice and body.
Similarly, the body can be used to help to communicate content meaning and feelings in conjunction with the words being used. Beginners can be encouraged to 'have a go' at putting together the words they have and combining these words with pictures, drama or music to become 'real' storying. By using dramatic art beginner students can even make a story out of the two words, 'Yes' and 'No'. More advanced students can use English to develop their general story making and storytelling skills so crucial in social intercourse. But one thing is for sure, the students may be so used to trying to avoid mistakes that they are incapable of risking mistakes through their creative.