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A Summing-up on Stories Used in Three Types of Lessons

Types of stories used as well as the frequency of using narration at the three classes are shown in the table below.
Table

	Type of story	Protagonist	The number of stories
English Vocabulary	Story made up by the teacher (twice)	Mr. E and I	6
		Mr. E and I
	Everyday life experience (twice)	You
		Subject (abstract)
	Storytelling with physical response (twice)	Mr. E and I
		You
Speaking English	Story made up by the teacher	Mr. E	5
	Personal experience	I
	Cultural background	We
	Everyday life experience	You
	Storytelling with physical response	Mr. E and I
English Grammar	Personal experience (twice)	Students and I	3
		I
	Cultural background	Latin language

It can be shown from the table that narration is used more frequently in lessons teaching English vocabulary and spoken English than in the lesson teaching English grammar. Stories told in classes are generally of five types, namely stories that are made up by the teacher, cultural backgrounds, stories told with physical responses, personal experiences and everyday life experiences. Among them, three stories are made up by the teacher, two of which are main stories. The protagonists of this type of stories are usually Mr. E and the narrator. Daily life experience is often taken as examples and it is used for three times. The second person description makes it easy to be understood and accepted. Storytelling with body movement is also used three times.
The effectiveness of physical response and storytelling explains why the teacher favors it. Background knowledge of language and culture is always an important part in second language learning, and it is used for twice. Telling personal experience can make the teacher more personal and acceptable to his students. James used it twice as examples and once as the main story.

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