EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka): Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Journal homepage: http://jurnal.unmer.ac.id/index.php/enjourme/index Storytelling to teach literacy: The implementation in an EFL classroom Intan Satriani English Education Department, Faculty of Language Education, IKIP Siliwangi, Jl. Terusan Jend. Sudirman, Kota Cimahi, 40521, Jawa Barat, Indonesia Corresponding author: intan.satriani@yahoo.co.id ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 07 October 2021 Accepted 06 December 2021 Available online 28 December 2021 Keywords: EFL classroom, literacy, storytelling, teaching DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6433 How to cite this article (APA Style): Satriani, I. (2021). Storytelling to teach literacy: The implementation in an EFL classroom. EnJourMe (En- glish Journal of Merdeka): Culture, Language, and Teaching of English, 6(2) 87-99. doi:https://doi.org/ 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6433 ABSTRACT Storytelling can become a part of literacy practice. It improves children listening skills, increases language appreciation, and more thoughtful organization in their writing. On the point of that, this research aims to find out stages in implementing storytelling in teaching literacy. The research employed a qualitative case study research design. This method was used to investigate the phenomenon which is seen from the participants’ point of view. In line with that definition, this research was conducted to explore how storytelling can develop the literacy ability of second-grade students of junior high school. The data were collected through classroom observations and students’ writing products. The findings obtained that the teaching program which was conducted in seven units was successful to develop students’ literacy ability. Mainly, they showed some improvement in reading comprehension and interest. Besides, they showed their development in writing especially schematic structure, grammar roles, and graphic features. © 2021 EnJourMe. All rights reserved.. EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka): Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol. 6, No, 2, Desember 2021, Page 87–99 1. Introduction Storytelling is an old practice of telling stories, that has been the primary sources of entertain- ment and literary instruction (Al-Mansour, 2011; Miller & Pennycuff, 2008). It is used to deliver the information or social interaction for example person to person or one generation to the next genera- tion (Alterio & McDrury, 2003; Dickinson et al., 2012). This technique is simple and practical be- cause stories are everywhere and every human has stories (Wajnryb, 2003). Inconsequence, it can be utilized easily with or without technology. Storytelling has been used as a teaching tool which was found in several areas such as teacher education, higher education, early childhood education, and nursing education. Clearly, the use of teaching tools is a legitimate part of a reading development program and can benefit in the form of fluency (Abdolmanafi-Rokni & Qarajeh, 2014), comprehen- sion (Lailiyah et al., 2019), and increased vocabulary (Soleimani & Akbari, 2013).