TELLING STORIES YOUR WAY: STORYTELLING AND READING ALOUD IN THE CLASSROOM

Book ID/图书代码： 10468007B19659

English Summary/英文概要： An article I read not long ago in the New York Times described the growing popularity of storytelling as entertainment for adults in bars and clubs across the United States: “The evenings draw on the traditions of professional yarn-spinners who tend to tell and retell the same stories, often fable-like in tone.” In the past such tellers were hired by schools to recount stories to pupils. Now they find themselves in cafes and bars, regaling adults.”(May 1999)
The writer cited numerous possible reasons for this renewed interest in storytelling, including the level of interaction with the audience. Storytelling among adults can be “a vital way to establish community in the sterile environment of the electronic age.”
Some years ago when I was teaching at the Ontario Teacher Education College, it became part of my practice to begin each class with a story. Initially, I was a bit nervous. After all, my students were adults. I quickly learned, however, that if I omitted the story at the beginning of a class there was much disappointment. I continue to meet some of my former students in their schools and it’s the stories they remember.
Many make a point of telling me that reading aloud and storytelling is a priority in their classrooms.
I don’t know why I was hesitant to tell stories to my adult students. After all, storytelling, the most ancient of art forms, was the chief entertainment of rulers, warriors, aristocrats, and peasants across centuries. Its current popularity is part of a continuum that reaches back to the beginnings of humankind.
The current renewed interest referred to in the Times piece can probably be traced to the strong revival of storytelling in the United States during the 1970s. There are some community storytelling associations (eg., The Detroit Storytelling League) with roots stretching back to the turn of the century; however, it was the establishment of an annual storytelling festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, by the National Association for the Perpetuation and Preservation of Storytelling (NAPPS), now The National Storytelling Association, which brought tremendous attention to storytelling and continues to do so.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 不久前我在《时代周刊》上读到一篇文章说：“每到夜幕降临，讲故事的人就开始一遍遍的讲述那些故事，他们的语调就像在讲述寓言一样。”过去这样的讲故事人被学校请去，给孩子们讲故事。现在，人们经常可以在咖啡馆和酒吧里看到他们的身影，听众也变成了成人。讲故事越来越成为成人在酒吧和俱乐部里的一项时尚娱乐方式。作者从多角度分析了这一现象背后的原因。成人间讲故事将会成为“在这个冰冷的电气时代建立社区的一种主要方法。”很多年前，当我在一个师范学校教书的时候，我习惯于在上课之初讲一个故事。一开始我很紧张，毕竟我的学生都是成年人。但是后来我发现如果我不讲故事，他们会很失望的。后来，当我再遇到他们的时候，他们对我说我的故事让他们记忆尤新，现在他们上课的时候都会朗读和z讲故事。其实，以前我在给他们这些成人学生讲故事的时候是很犹豫的。讲故事这种古老的娱乐形式曾经是统治者、战士、贵族和平民的主要娱乐形式。人类之初就喜欢这种娱乐形式，所以当今社会讲故事的流行也毫不稀奇。美国讲故事传统的复苏兴起于上个世纪的七十年代。在上个世纪之初就已经形成了一些讲故事协会，但是直到田纳西州每年一度的讲故事节设立之后，讲故事的形式才风靡全美，至今不衰。

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