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A Program Based on
English Digital Stories to Develop the Writing Performance and Reflective
Thinking of Preparatory School Pupils
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AUTHOR
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Dr. Ahmed Hassan
Seifeddin, Dr. Samah Zakareya Ahmed and Miss. Eman Yahia Mohammed Ebrahim
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PUBLISHER
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Faculty of Education,
Suez University
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The
study of the use of Digital Storytelling has studied for years and it is
getting better and better. The article attempt to find out the effect of a
program based on English Digital Stories on performance and reflective thinking
of preparatory school pupils. Two writing
performance tests (pre-test and post-test) as well as a reflective thinking
test were prepared by the researchers. Two 2nd year intact classes
from El Sadat Prep School for Girls constituted participants of the study: one
as a control group (N=32) and the other as an experimental group (N=30). All
participants were pre-tested on writing performance and reflective thinking and
no significant differences were found between the control group and the
experimental group. This ensured that
the two groups were fairly equivalent on writing performance and reflective
thinking before the treatment. The experiment lasted for three months.
During
this period of study, pupils of the experimental group created their digital
stories individually, presented them in front of their peers, and reflected on
their experience while creating and presenting their own digital stories. On
the completion of the experiment, all participants were post-tested. An
independent samples t-test confirmed that a statistically significant
difference existed between the mean score of the control group and that of the experimental
group (t=7.738, p<0.05) in writing performance posttest while no significant
difference existed between the mean score of the control group and that of the
experimental group (t=1.920, p>0.05) in reflective thinking posttest. It was concluded that digital stories had a
significant effect on the writing performance, but not on the reflective
thinking, of 2nd -year prep school pupils. Based on these results,
it was recommended that: (1) digital
stories should be used in teaching EFL writing at the prep stage, (2) pupils
should be given enough opportunities to use modern technology in their
learning, (3) teachers should encourage pupils to take part in the evaluation
of their writing performance, and (4) teachers should give pupils writing
activities related to their interests.
From
the result of the study, the author concluded that the use of Digital
Storytelling in the process of teaching writing of preparatory school pupils
had a significant different, compared with their writing ability before being
taught by using DS. During the treatment, experimental group created their own
digital stories that will be used in the evaluation of the treatment. By the
use of DS, the preparatory pupils showed their interest in learning English,
especially in improving their writing ability. Even their reflective thinking
did not increased significantly, but the result of the post-test showed the
significant improvement of the students’ performance in writing.
Based
on the present study, the author in his journal has some suggestions for the
next studies in the field of digital storytelling:
1. A
study of the effect of English digital stories on the oral skills of
preparatory schools pupils.
2. A
study of the effect of digital stories on the technological skills of preparatory
schools pupils.
3. C.
A study of the effect of English digital stories on the writing apprehension of
preparatory schools pupils.
4. A
comparative study of the relative effectiveness of creating digital stories and
watching digital stories in developing the creative thinking of EFL students.
5. A
study of the effect of English digital stories on EFL students’ engagement and
motivation towards learning English.
6. A
study of the effect of creating English digital stories on the self-directed
learning of the EFL students.
7. A
study of the effect of creating English digital stories on the critical
thinking of the EFL students.
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