Social Values Reflections Through the Use of EFL Storytelling: An Action Research with Primary Students

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EFL, reflection, social values, storytelling

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Claudia Milena Gómez Combariza
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá
María Ximena Rodríguez Chapetón
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá
Vanessa Alejandra Rojas Rincón
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá

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This article reports on the results of an action research project carried out with a group of third graders at a public school in Bogotá. The project aimed to gain insights into the use of English as foreign language storytelling and to analyze the way in which students reflect upon their own social values. The findings suggest that the use of storytelling contributes to students’ awareness about their behaviors by helping them to be critical of their role as students and citizens in school and the family community. It was also found that students’ families play an integral role when students build their own basis for individual and social development.

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Gómez Combariza, C. M., Rodríguez Chapetón, M. X., & Rojas Rincón, V. A. (2013). Social Values Reflections Through the Use of EFL Storytelling: An Action Research with Primary Students. HOW, 20(1), 73–89. Retrieved from https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/24
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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2013): HOW
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Author Biographies

Claudia Milena Gómez Combariza, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá

Claudia Milena Gómez Combariza studied for her B.A. in English at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and is currently working in an outsourcing company for the United States. She is particularly interested in the teaching of young and adult learners.

María Ximena Rodríguez Chapetón, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá

María Ximena Rodríguez Chapetón studied for her B.A. in English teaching at Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, She is currently working as an English professor at Fundación Universitaria Unipanamericana. Her research interests include literacy, bilingualism and learning materials.

Vanessa Alejandra Rojas Rincón, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá

Vanessa Alejandra Rojas Rincón recently earned two bachelor’s degrees at the same time, one in English and the other in accounting. Her interests include the teaching and learning processes of a foreign language.

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