ABSTRACT
Oral storytelling is part of our human heritage and also a vibrant part of modern life. Not only does each life tell a story but also our daily lives are full of individual events and stories. As we meet others we relate events in our lives and tell stories about mutual friends and ourselves. The newspapers and television programmes we watch are full of stories that we discuss with each other. Sometimes we share opinions about stories we have read or programmes we have watched and in doing so begin to retell parts of the story. In the same way, pupils tell and share stories, jokes and anecdotes with each other as they move in and out of lessons, stand in the lunch queue, watch the fights and bullying in the playground and chat on the way home.
