Episode 14 - Teaching English Through Storytelling - An Interview with Ariel Goodbody
A fascinating conversation with the wonderfully engaging and enthusiastic Ariel Goodbody, teaching expert and presenter of the Easy Stories in English podcast. In this interview, we talk about: - how Ariel started Easy Stories in English; - Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) - how to teach phrases rather than grammar; - how TPRS has a lot in common with Dogme and lexical learning; - how the word for “school” was the same word as “game,” and how this should inform our teaching; - why storytelling is beneficial to learning; - how to use stories to help business English students; - two tips for English teachers. If you’re interested in new and interesting ways of developing your teaching, then this is definitely the interview for you!