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English learning at the elementary school level plays an important role in developing students’ early language competence, particularly in listening skills as the foundation for other language abilities. However, many learning processes still rely on conventional teaching methods that do not fully accommodate the developmental characteristics of young learners, resulting in limited engagement and listening comprehension. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the role of storytelling in improving English listening skills among elementary school students and to identify effective implementation strategies in classroom learning. This research employs a library research method by reviewing and analyzing various relevant literature sources, including books, scientific journals, and previous research findings related to storytelling in English language learning. The analysis shows that storytelling contributes significantly to improving students’ listening comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, attention, and learning motivation. Through structured narratives, expressive delivery, and the support of visual media, storytelling creates a contextual and meaningful learning environment that helps students understand spoken English more effectively. The findings also indicate that the effectiveness of storytelling is closely related to the developmental characteristics of elementary school students who learn better through concrete, imaginative, and engaging experiences. Furthermore, the implementation of storytelling through systematic stages pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening can enhance students participation and comprehension during the learning process. In conclusion, storytelling can be considered an effective instructional strategy for improving English listening skills among elementary school students while also supporting vocabulary development and creating an engaging learning atmosphere.

This aims of the research, to find out the teaching strategies used by teachers at MIN 1 Sikka and to find out the implementation process and the problems encountered during the strategy implementation process. This research uses a qualitative method, with the techniques of data collection of observation and interviews. Based on the results of research, it was concluded that, in the learning process there are 5 learning strategies used by the teacher in delivering learning material, namely Case-Based Small Group Discussion strategies, Demonstrations, Games, Independent Study, and Role Play. where the teaching strategy is used, the teacher will go through several different processes in each strategy such as the steps in the implementation process, to the time, class, and material used in each strategy which of course will also be different. As for implementing the learning strategy that has been chosen, there are several problems in the implementation process that teachers will definitely face, especially when the strategy is applied to young learners as students are usually less focused because basically they prefer to play, the class atmosphere is less conducive because students are more choose to play rather than study, and students' pronunciation is still not quite right.