Sarah Telfer

This chapter explores the practice of storytelling as a pedagogic tool in English language teaching and learning, offering an overview of its different uses. It defines the use of storytelling in English language teaching with English for Speakers of Other languages (ESOL) learners. ESOL learners are often young adult or adult asylum seekers or refugees, who bring stories to the classroom in the form of life experiences from their own cultures, based on their beliefs, customs and language identity. ESOL learners are often young adult or adult asylum seekers or refugees, who bring stories to the classroom in the form of life experiences from their own cultures, based on their beliefs, customs and language identity. The National Storytelling Network defines storytelling as an ancient art form and a valuable form of human expression, describing it as the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination.