Abstract
ABSTRACT After a theoretical discussion of the potential for stories in the foreign language curriculum, the author presents the results of a qualitative research study in which twenty‐two stories from the oral traditions of Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico were presented to students in five different media formats: picturebooks; audiotape; videotape; a Web page; and a Hypermedia program. The study found that most students understood unfamiliar vocabulary and past tense verbs in the context of the stories and were able to use this vocabulary in their story retellings and original story productions. Students were able to create their own folktales by recycling oral features from the stories into their own work. Overall, students across proficiency levels produced stories in Spanish that contained the main elements of story structure, advanced vocabulary and stylistic features that mimicked the folktales from the unit.
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