USING STORYTELLING TO ENHANCE LOWER SECONDARY STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

English Language Teaching

This study investigates the impacts of Storytelling technique on helping students improve their listening comprehension ability, and students’ attitudes toward the use of the technique in listening lessons. The study followed the quasi-experimental research model, with 60 students participated in the control and experimental groups. Data were collected through two instruments including pretest and posttest, and pre and post questionnaires distributed before and after the research period. Findings from the data analysis showed that Storytelling was effective in helping students improve their listening comprehension. Storytelling helped students understand the details of the stories more easily, facilitated students in learning vocabulary and pronunciation, promoted their cognitive process in figuring out the meaning. Students also acknowledged that storytelling made learning listening more interesting to them.

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