Abstract:

The development of technology and its use for education have revealed the term “digital story”. With the attribution of easily integrate student-centered learning strategies into one point, digital stories provide the ability to monitor and evaluate the teaching performance. The aim of this research is to determine the level of influence the digital stories have on the level of reading comprehension of the students. Participants of the study are 34 fifth grade students who are studying at a private secondary school in Düzce,Turkey. Pre-test and post-test scores have been used as data collection tools. All pre test and post test scores of both groups first have been analyzed by Paired Samples t-Test and it has been tried to show whether there is a significant difference between the groups. Besides, ANCOVA analysis have been applied to post test scores by taking the pre test scores as covariant variables, and it has been found that there is a significant difference in favor of the experimental group (p=0,000). In consideration of these findings, it has been concluded that the use of digital stories in English lessons have had a positive effect on the level of reading comprehension. In accordance with the findings, severel research proposals about the methods that should be used in foreign language lessons have been made.

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