Effects of Digital Shot Stories on the Development of Listening Skills: An Action Research

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dc.contributor.authorKoroglu, Zeynep Cetin
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-04T18:49:38Z
dc.date.available2024-10-04T18:49:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe present research aimed to find out whether digital short stories can improve language learners' listening skills. The purpose of this study was to figure out student teachers' perceptions of digital short stories' implementation into language classrooms. Specifically, the current research aimed to investigate whether digital short stories are useful to develop language learners' listening skills in English. The research is action research in design. The study used pretest and post-test, a written structured interview to collect data and it included both quantitative and qualitative components. The interview consisted of six open-ended questions. Achievement tests and t-test were used to analyse quantitative data. On the other hand, content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The data were collected in 2016-2017 academic years at a state university, Turkey. Participants were preparatory class students of English language teaching department of the university. In the treatment process, digital short stories were used for eight weeks, which were written by various famous American authors and voice recorded by American native speakers of English. Additionally, weekly worksheets and hand-outs were prepared by the researcher. Results showed that digital short stories provide satisfactory content, supports vocabulary learning, improves language learners' listening skills, helps participants to gain familiarity with complex grammar structures and makes students more familiar with different cultures. Furthermore, participants were satisfied with digital short stories and they thought these digital stories are useful to improve their listening skills.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.26817/16925777.766
dc.identifier.endpage84en_US
dc.identifier.issn1692-5777
dc.identifier.issn2248-8391
dc.identifier.issue20en_US
dc.identifier.startpage65en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.766
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/3239
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000593404500004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInst Univ Colombo Americana-Unicaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGist-Education and Learning Research Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectDigital short storyen_US
dc.subjectEnglish language teachingen_US
dc.subjectlistening skillsen_US
dc.subjectstudent-teacheren_US
dc.titleEffects of Digital Shot Stories on the Development of Listening Skills: An Action Researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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