All instructors spoke enthusiastically about the value of incorporating learners’ stories in their teaching. Instructor 2 talked about ‘everyday storytelling,’ noting that learners may have ‘something special to share,’ and Instructor 1 commented that stories ‘happen every day, they happen incidentally.’ In the following section, we relate the instructors’ and learners’ comments on story to Wajnryb’s (2003) fra- mework (i.e., language learning, genre, community building). Then we discuss the participants’ comments in terms of the benefits and challenges of using story in the L2 classroom.