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Title: | Story-telling trends among some Ghanaian children |
Author: | Anyidoho, Akosua |
Year: | 1989 |
Periodical: | Research Review |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 71-82 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | language instruction African languages folk tales (form) |
Abstract: | Many Ghanaian parents, especially those in urban areas, provide videos for their children to watch rather than tell them stories, either because they regard storytelling as old-fashioned and irrelevant, or because they do not have the time. The present article reports on a survey of storytelling trends among 459 schoolchildren between six and thirteen years old in Akropong Akwapim and Anyinasin in the Eastern Region of Ghana, highlighting the degree of adult involvement in the children's story time. The author contends that a high level of adult participation in the art will not only enable children to be acquainted with the techniques of performance, but will contribute significantly to the development of language skills. The article provides insights into children's acquisition and mastering of their native language and the role that storytelling can play. The final section looks at other values of storytelling and discusses how it can be promoted in order that children may derive maximum benefit from it. Bibliogr., notes. |