Paper theatre - a possible tool for teaching writing
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2022.3.5Keywords:
text creation, alpha-generation, visuality, multimedia text, paper theatreAbstract
The aim of this study is to review the current system of activities in the teaching of composition in lower secondary schools, the challenges it presents, and to provide novel methodological suggestions for the development of written composition. Paper theatre as a specific storytelling mode can also be attractive for children of the alpha-generation, and teachers can offer a variety of exercises in text design or editing in the mother tongue lessons through the use of sophisticated, detailed paper theatre images. The methodological suggestions presented in this study can be integrated into more traditional frontal classroom work, but their aim is not to reproduce the curriculum but to encourage imagination and creative thinking. Image-inspired text-making can have a developmental impact in a number of areas: enriching imagination, developing internal imagery, refining language expression, and making thinking more complex.