STORYTELLING IN THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC SPEAKING OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS

Abstract

In connection with the search for unconventional methods, techniques and tools of teaching public speaking, we turn to storytelling, which is one of the powerful instruments in the process of developing oral speech skills and abilities. The article considers the issue of practical application of storytelling in forming public speaking. An analysis of publications on the use of storytelling in the teaching of oral speech has been conducted. Among the terms (means, approach, technology, communication trend, all-subject method), the definition of it as a method is scientifically based and accurate. Attention is focused on applying the storytelling method with adherence to the narrative structure as a creative story based on the content of fiction texts, a verbally described or natural situation, a picture, seen or heard, which contributes to the successful creation of one's own stories. The non-standard use of storytelling, its belonging to oral speech informational game exercises, the performance of which is preceded by recalling material on types of speech, focusing on the structure of the story (exposition, beginning, development of the action, culmination, denouement), on the main elements of the plot of the story (main characters, conflicts, environment, series of events, etc.). It is pointed out the direction of the teacher's work on the development of students' skills to present information in a logical and interesting way, to possess proper intonation, voice modulation, to adhere to language norms, means of logical and emotional expressiveness, indicators of speech culture; to create emotional narratives characterizing the images of the characters, effective use of metaphor, comparison, which impress with the art of storytelling. It has been found that the use of the storytelling method has engaged high school students, who created impressive public narrative texts and successfully recited them in front of the audience.