1.   Using authentic stories as a basis for language teaching and learning with Nathalie Paris Primary Languages teacher, owner of Natta-Lingo, ALL Connect lead teacher and ALL Consett primary hub coordinator Facebook: Natta-Lingo Are you on Facebook? Look for “Teaching languages in the North East” for local events and information!  

2. My own experience with Le Bibliobook @Natta-Lingo
Engaging
Active learning
Motivating
Appeals to emotions and the imagination
Accessible
Educational
Entertaining
Fun!
As a result, pupils learn through unconscious processes.

3. 2) My own experience in the classroom
How I have used stories
Same benefits as on the bus
Continuity and structure
Learning in context; more meaning
Relationship with the characters
Book as an object = real
Confidence building
Strategies developed: thinking skills, deduction skills, classification of words
In addition: songs, flashcards, videos

4. 3) Research on the use of stories and storytelling projects
TALES, Stories for Learning in European Schools (Comenius Project, October 2015)
Using authentic picture books and illustrated books to improve L2 writing among 11-year-olds (Anne Birketveit & Hege Emma Rimmereide, 2013)
Using storytelling to teach vocabulary in language lessons: does it work? (Claudine Kirsch, 2012)
Storytelling as a strategy to increase oral language proficiency of second language learners (Katherine Massa, 2001)
French storytelling project (Didier Jean and Zad, 2012; funded by the DfE and managed by CfBT Education Trust)
Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (Blaine Ray, based on theories of input hypothesis – language acquisition rather than learning- and mastery learning – no more than 3 phrases per lesson)

5. 4) Using authentic texts as an aid to teaching languages: how books can help you cover the programmes of study at KS2 and KS3
Presentation for Language World 2016, the annual conference by ALL: check or
for more details.

6. To finish off…
Literacy skills and reading for pleasure
Cultural and moral values
Other current projects: Little Red Languages, OneThirdStories, ALL Literature wiki, Critical Connections ll
When will you next use an authentic story in your teaching??