1. A STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
By Associate Prof. Dr. Wajuppa Tossa
Western Languages & Linguistics Department
Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty
MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY ,THAILAND
Rajamonkhla University JANUARY 2011
BANGKOK
SEAMEO-SPAFA, BANGKOK

2. Waikhru: Paying Homage to Teachers
Translated by Wajuppa Tossa
มาลาดวงดอกไม้ (๒)
เอาตั้งไว้เพื่อบูชา
ขอบูชาคุณพระพุทธ (๒)
ผู้ได้ตรัสรู้มา
ขอบูชาคุณพระธรรม (๒)
ที่ได้นำสั่งสอนมา
ขอบูชาคุณพระสงฆ์ (๒)
ผู้ได้ทรงพระวินัย
ด้วยจิตอันนอบน้อม (๒)
พร้อมด้วย กาย และ วาจา
Mala duang dokmai
Ao tang wai phue bucha
Kho bucha khun phra phut
Phu dai tratsaru ma
Kho bucha khun phra tham
Thi dai nam sang son ma
Kho bucha khun phra song
Phu dai xong phra winai
Duay jit an nobnom
Phrom duay kai lae waja

3. AN OPENING STORY BIRD IN HAND
A folktale from India by Margaret Read MacDonald, Earthcare; World Folktales to Talk About, Linnet Books, 1999.
Retold by Wajuppa Tossa

4. AN OPENING STORY THE TAILOR’S JACKET
A Jewish folktale by Margaret Read MacDonald, Earthcare; World Folktales to Talk About, Linnet Books, 1999.
Retold by Wajuppa Tossa

5. AN OPENING STORY TWO GOATS ON THE BRIDGE
A Russian folktale by Margaret Read MacDonald, PEACE TALES; World Folktales to Talk About, Linnet Books, 1999.
Retold by Wajuppa Tossa

6. PART I: INTRODUCTION TECHNIQUES WHAT IS STORYTELLING?
TYPES OF STORYTELLING
2. CONTENTS
STORIES
FOLKTALES
CREATIVE STORIES

7. to the heart of the listener.
Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination.
National Storytelling Network, USA.
Storytelling is a form of communication from the heart of the storyteller
to the heart of the listener.
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Wajuppa Tossa, Telling Tales from Asia, APECEIU, 2010.

8. TYPES OF STORYTELLING TELLING WITHOUT PROPS (MOSTLY
ACTIONS, GESTURES, FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS)
TELLING WITH SOME PROPS
WITH PICTUREBOOKS
WITH HANDKERCHIEF
WITH STRING
WITH DRAWING
WITH FINGERS

9. Audience participation
THE HEART OF STORYTELLING
Heart to heart communication
Caring for the audience
Audience participation

10. What is the folktale?
The folktale is the tale of the folk or ordinary people.
Folktales are stories orally transmitted and passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation. The first and most important function of folktales is to entertain. While being entertained, listeners will certainly absorb these most valuable lessons inherent in the tales as they are that also serve as the “repository of history, language, culture and values, and their spiritual functions.”
Wajuppa Tossa, Telling Tales from Asia, APECEIU, 2010.

11. STORIES WRITTEN OR TOLD BY SOME ONE.
CREATIVE STORIES
STORIES WRITTEN OR TOLD BY SOME ONE.

13. PART II: WORKSHOP LISTEN TO SOME SAMPLE STORIES 30 MINUTES
2. WORK IN GROUPS OF FOR 15 MINUTES
CHOOSE TO PRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
3O MINUTE

14. EACH PRESENTATION SHOULD BE 3-5 MINUTES LONG
--ANOTHER VERSION OF TWO GOATS . . .
--FINGER STORY
--MIME
--BODY IMAGE
--WRITE A SONG AND SING
--DRAW PICTURES AND SHOW
--A SKIT TAKEN FROM ONE OF THE FOLKTALES
--FIND A FOLKTALE RELATING TO THE TOPIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TO RETELL
A CLOSING STORY OR SONG
PART II: WORKSHOP
EACH PRESENTATION SHOULD BE 3-5 MINUTES LONG

15. This pretty planet, spinning in space
A Closing Song
This pretty planet, spinning in space
Your garden, your harbor, your holy place
Golden sun going down
Gentle blue giant spins us around
All through the night
Safe till the morning light.
Learned from Nat and Jenny Whitman