Using storytelling to improve Afghan EFL students’ oral communication skills / Zahra Sadry and Kaarthiyainy Supramaniam

Sadry, Zahra and Supramaniam, Kaarthiyainy (2024) Using storytelling to improve Afghan EFL students’ oral communication skills / Zahra Sadry and Kaarthiyainy Supramaniam. Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT), 12 (1). pp. 49-61. ISSN 1823-464X

Official URL: https://cplt.uitm.edu.my

Abstract

Good oral communication is widely considered a coveted skill for learners as it has implications on their employability prospects and career development at their workplace. Mastering oral communication skills in English is a great challenge for English as Foreign Language learners in the context of countries like Afghanistan. Studies have highlighted that storytelling technique has been used to promote language learners’ oral communication skills in various educational contexts. However, the effectiveness of this technique for the language learning purposes has been scarcely examined in Afghanistan. Hence, the present study aims to (i) investigate the effect of storytelling technique on Afghan EFL learners’ oral communication skills development, and (ii) to determine Afghan EFL learners’ improvement of speaking skill aspects after using the storytelling technique. Using convenience sampling technique, 31 Afghan EFL undergraduates were sampled from a public university in Afghanistan. A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was employed and the data analysis was performed using SPSS version 25.0. An independent sample t-test to compare the pre-test and post-test scores showed a statistically significant difference (t [30] = -10.98, p< 0.05). The result obtained from the t-test indicated that storytelling had a significant effect on Afghan EFL learners’ oral communication skills development. This suggests the incorporation of the storytelling technique in language classes to enhance EFL learners’ comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and fluency in the target language.

Metadata

Item Type: Article
Creators:
Creators
Email / ID Num.
Sadry, Zahra
zahrasadry21@gmail.com
Supramaniam, Kaarthiyainy
kaarthiyainy@uitm.edu.my
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Learning. Learning strategies
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Learning ability
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journals > Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT)
ISSN: 1823-464X
Volume: 12
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 49-61
Keywords: Story-telling technique, English language, oral communication skills, active learning
Date: May 2024
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/115602
Edit Item
Edit Item

Download

[thumbnail of 115602.pdf] Text
115602.pdf

Download (681kB)

ID Number

115602

Indexing

Statistic

Statistic details