Gail Ellis: Using children’s literature to teach children English

About the webinar

In this webinar, Gail Ellis shows how the rich and stimulating medium of story picturebooks and the technique of storytelling can develop children’s English as well as encourage social and emotional development. Gail presents a range of picturebooks to identify the criteria to use when selecting picturebooks, as the key to successful storytelling is having the right story for the linguistic and cognitive ability of the children. During the webinar, Gail used several picturebooks. For a list of these, please download the attached documents at the bottom of this page.

About the speaker

Gail Ellis is Adviser Young Learners and Quality for the British Council and has over 30 years’ experience in English language teaching. She is co-author of Tell it Again! The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers recently republished in its third edition by the British Council and 'The Primary English Teacher’s Guide' published by Penguin Longman.

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