{"id":1176,"date":"2011-08-13T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T10:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2011-08-13T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T10:57:57","slug":"95-tip-of-the-week-teaching-students-the-shortest-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=1176","title":{"rendered":"#95, Tip of the week: Teaching students the shortest tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#95 | August 15, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of the quickest ways I know of teaching a tale and boosting students\u2019 confidence in themselves as storytellers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practise telling this short and simple rhythmical action tale until you know it confidently without looking at the text:<\/p>\n<p>Once a poor man dug the ground<br \/>\nAnd what he found was nothing<br \/>\nAgain the poor man dug the ground<br \/>\nAnd what he found was a box<br \/>\nAgain the poor man dug the ground<br \/>\nAnd what he found was a key<br \/>\nWith the key he opened the box<br \/>\nAnd what he found was a mouse\u2019s tail<br \/>\nAnd if that tail was longer, this tale would be longer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full tip on TeachingEnglish website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/try\/activities\/teaching-students-shortest-tale\">http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/try\/activities\/teaching-students-shortest-tale<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#95 | August 15, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036 &#8220;This is one of the quickest ways I know of teaching a tale and boosting students\u2019 confidence in themselves as storytellers. 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