Open AccessDigital Storytelling or Traditional Storytelling to develop EFL Students’ Oral Communication?
Author(s) -
Mahmoud Kamal Ibrahim Mostafa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
children and teenagers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-3717
pISSN - 2576-3709
DOI - 10.22158/ct.v3n1p33
Subject(s) - storytelling , checklist , digital storytelling , test (biology) , psychology , significant difference , medical education , medicine , narrative , pedagogy , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , cognitive psychology , biology
The present study investigated the effect of storytelling versus digital storytelling on developing fifth year EFL primary school pupils’ oral communication performance. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design. Sixty pupils of Dr. Ahmed Zewail primary School were distributed into two experimental groups. One group served as the first experimental group (n=30) who was taught in digital storytelling, whereas the second experimental group (n=30) was taught in traditional storytelling. The experiment lasted for six weeks. The instruments of the study included an oral communication skills test, an oral communication checklist, a semi-structured interview and a reflective log. They were approved by a panel of jury. Results indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the first experimental group and that of the second one on the post-administration of the oral communication test for the first experimental group. Moreover, results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the responses of the first experimental group and that of the second one on the post-administration of the semi-structured interview favoring the first experimental group. As such, it was concluded that storytelling versus digital storytelling had a positive effect on developing fifth year EFL primary pupils’ oral communication performance.