The Use of Storytelling in English Classroom: Comparing Students and Teachers Perception
Maryam Sorohiti
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
The use of storytelling in English classroom is often recommended to improve students- mastery of listening, speaking, reading and writing in a comfortable atmosphere. This study aimed to find out the comparison of the students- and the teacher-s perception on the use of storytelling in learning English. The research questions were formulated into 1) What are the benefits of the use of storytelling in the class? 2) What are the challenges the students face in preparing their story telling? 3) Which part of the activity do the students like the most? The study was carried out in a private university of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Open ended questionnaires were distributed to 15 students and the class teacher using the same questions. The findings showed that what was perceived by the students was not always the same as what the class teacher perceived. However, both students and teacher recommended that storytelling activities be continued for the next batch students.
Keywords: storytelling, teachers and students perception
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics