Literacy

1. We simulate an experince desbribed by words, by engaging the parts of our brain that we use for perception and action, so our experience of the narrative is embodied. This promotes empathy.(Bland).

2. We use real life experiences to understand the narrative, and the story world helps to illuminate and explain the real world.(Bland).

3. Storytelling is central to humanity becuase it is through narrative that we learn about ourselves and prepare for the future in an evolutionary sense (Hunte and Golembiewski 2014: 75)

3.1. Stories elicit an engaged respose, and empathizing with charachter in compelling stories is important for initiating the pleasure of literature (Krashen and Blacn 2014

4. Language is the material be which story is forged, mediating experience and enabling that same subjective experience to be accessed by others. (Wajnryb)

5. Litterary text prompt the reader to consider language formulations deeply, as well as connotations in verbal and pictorial texts and cultural meanings. (Bland).

6. While we listen to or read sentences, we simulate seeing the scenes and performing the actions that are described. (Bland).

7. Stories provide a means of teaching and learning in general and they provide a means of teaching language specifically (Wajnryb)