The Effect of Using Oral and Digital Storytelling Strategies in Improving Critical Listening Skills among the Female Students of the Basic Ninth Grade in Jordan

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of using oral and digital storytelling strategies in improving critical listening skills among female students of the basic ninth grade in Jordan. The participants of the study consisted of (86) female students of the ninth grade, who were selected from the schools of the brigade of Bani Obaid - Irbid. The students were set in three groups. The oral storytelling strategy was used in teaching the first experimental group. The digital storytelling strategy was used in teaching of the second experimental group, while the usual method was used to teach the third group students, which were considered as a control group. To achieve the goal of the study, the researchers prepared a multiple choice test to measure the critical listening skills of students. The test consisted of (20) questions, The series of stories were designed to take into account the structure of story writing, and they were also put into digital form. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences between the performance mean of students in all critical listening skills due to the teaching strategy, in favor of the first experimental group students who were taught using the oral storytelling strategy, the digital storytelling strategy, and there were also statistically significant differences between the performance mean of the two experimental groups in critical listening skills for the second experimental group that was taught using the oral  storytelling strategy.