‘Then is the whale happy’: Student Teachers Trial Picturebooks for Differentiation Opportunities in the Primary English Language Classroom

Abstract

This study explores student teachers’ experiences with picturebooks in the primary English language classroom in Switzerland and appraises the potential of storytelling for employing a differentiated approach in heterogeneous classrooms.

Keywords

• picturebook read aloud
• primary english language classroom
• heterogeneity
• models for differentiation
• teaching practice