Overcoming the reluctance of teenage learners to speak in the language classroom is a challenge for many teachers. This article reports on a study in which 60 Swedish pupils, aged 15–16, took part in a Storyline project based on a young adult fantasy novel. In the Storyline approach, a fictive world is created when learners, taking on the roles of characters in a story, collaborate on tasks to develop the story. A key feature is that the learners work in the same small groups for much of the time. During the six-week period of this study, these learners used English in a variety of speaking and writing tasks. The project showed a number of benefits, the most important of which were an increase in their motivation to speak English and enhanced self-confidence through doing so.

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通过故事情节中的小组工作来激励青少年说英语

克服青少年学习者不愿在语言课堂上说话的挑战对许多教师来说都是一个挑战。本文报道了一项研究，其中60名15至16岁的瑞典学生参加了根据一部成人幻想小说改编的故事情节项目。在故事情节方法中，当学习者担当故事中角色的角色，协作完成故事的任务时，就会创建一个虚拟的世界。一个关键特征是，学习者在很多时候都以小组形式工作。在本研究的六周期间，这些学习者在各种口语和写作任务中都使用了英语。该项目显示出许多好处，其中最重要的是增加了他们说英语的积极性，并因此增强了自信心。