| The Effect of Using Digital Storytelling (DST) on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension in English and Their Motivation |
| کد مقاله : 1002-ELTCONF5-FULL (R2) |
| نویسندگان |
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masoumeh gholami chokalaee *1، Aram Reza Sadeghi Beniss2 1دانشگاه سراسری سمنان.دانشکده علوم انسانی 2عضو هییت علمی دانشگاه سمنان |
| چکیده مقاله |
| Abstract Although a wealth of research has been conducted in the field of English language teaching, the studies related to the effects of Digital Storytelling (DST) instruction as an innovative technique for language learning have been fairly insufficient. The present research made an effort to examine the effect of using DST on Iranian EFL learners’ reading comprehension and English motivation and using DST. To address the study objectives, forty female learners from Marefat Language Institute were recruited based on the results of an OPT as a standard test to homogenize. The participants (20 in each group) were randomly assigned into an experimental group and a control one. To measure learners’ motivation, the motivation questionnaire by Dornyei and Németh (2006) and Taguchi, et al. (2009) was applied. The experimental group received DST instruction based on Robin’s model (2008) and the control group received the conventional method designed by the institute. The analysis of the groups’ performance in the pretest and posttest through an independent samples t-tests revealed that the DST group outperformed significantly the control group in both reading comprehension and the motivation. This study involves a number of implications for language teachers and syllabus designers in the classroom context. Keywords: Digital Storytelling, EFL Learners, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, . |
| کلیدواژه ها |
| Digital Storytelling, EFL Learners, Motivation, Reading Comprehension. |
| وضعیت: پذیرفته شده برای ارائه شفاهی |