Trương Ngọc Anh THE EFFECTS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING ON EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT AN ENGLISH CENTER IN HO CHI MINH CITY LUẬN VAN THẠC SĨ KHOA HỌC GIÁO DUC Thành phố Hồ Chi Minh - 2024 Trương Ngọc Anh THE EFFECTS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING ON EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT AN ENGLISH CENTER IN HO CHI MINH CITY Chuyên ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp day học bộ môn tiếng Anh Mã số: 8140111 LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ KHOA HỌC GIÁO DỤC Người hướng dẫn khoa học: PGS.TS PHAM HỮU ĐỨC Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - 2024 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP In order to complete the requirements for the M. degree at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, I thus certify that the thesis, “The effects of digital storytelling on EFL students’ speaking performance at an English center in Ho Chi Minh City” is the product of my own research. In the thesis’s major body, no one else’s work has been utilized without giving full credit. There are no other postsecondary insttuHons to which this thesis has been submitted for a degree.
This thesis does not contain any information that has been published elsewhere or that has been taken, in whole or in part, from a thesis by someone who has earned another degree or diploma, with the exception of references provided within the thesis text. Ho Chi Minh city, April 2024 Truong Ngoc Anh. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The memory on Ho Chi Minh university will last forever. The knowledge I learn from the dedicated lecturers, the precious advice I received from these teachers, the enjoyable time I spend here with my beloved teachers and helpful classmates would be what special most in my life.
First and foremost, I would like to sincerely thank Associate Professor Doctor Pham Huu Duc, my dedicated supervisor. Your patience, enthusiasm for teaching, and dedication to quality have always been an inspiration to me. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work under your guidance. Many dedicated and well-informed English lecturers who gave me made-up lectures, You inspired and guided me to become a distinguished educator like you in the future.
I dedicate this thesis to my family, whose constant love, endless support, and unwavering belief in me have been sources of inspiration and motivation throughout my life, including my academic journey and the completion of this thesis. I want to express my gratitude to all of my colleagues and pupils for their assistance and involvement in this study. Finally, I want to express my sincere gratitude to my partner, my parents-in- law, my parents, and children for their support ever since I began the master’s program. ABSTRACT Digital Storytelling activities are considered to be a useful tool for language learners to learn English language.
However, it remains unclear whether this type of learning activity can improve students’ speaking performance. The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Digital Storytelling in collaborative learning environments in helping grade-8 students improve their speaking performance. Male and female 8" graders from English Galaxy Center in Ho Chi Minh city were selected as participants. The participants were put into the treatment group (N=30).
A pretest was administered to ensure the homogeneity of the group being treated. After a treatment period, a post-test was delivered. In addition to the tests, a questionnaire Was used to assess students’ attitudes towards collaborative learning using digital storytelling. The results of the study indicated that digital storytelling had great impact on students’ speaking performance.
The questionnaire also revealed that most learners had positive attitudes towards collaborative learning using digital storytelling. These findings suggest that Digital Storytelling can be an effective approach to improve students’ speaking performance among grade 8 students in the English Galaxy Center in Ho Chi Minh city. It is recommended that other English centers and middle schools incorporate Digital Storytelling into their speaking classes to enhance students’ speaking performance and attitudes toward collaborative learning through digital storytelling activities. Keywords: digital storytelling activities, speaking performance, students’ attitudes, collaborative learning TABLE OF CONTENT Statement of authorship Acknowledgements Abstract List of figures List of tables CHAPTEEI1.
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Undoubtedly, speaking is one of the essential skills that both practitioners and learners consider while considering this foreign language. Statement of the problem Effective speaking is an instance of something that, in the classical world, may change the course of a battle or announce the sovereignty of a nation. When it comes to introducing legendary products or saving companies from bankruptcy, speaking capacity is “the must thing”. However, there was much confusion about speaking talents; some thought they were natural, while others thought they had to be trained.
Only 10% of Vietnamese school children prefer to learn other languages outside English, including French, Russian, Japanese, and Korean (Tran & Tanemura, 2020). English is a common course of study even at private language schools and educational institutions (Le, 2011). However, teachers in Vietnam stil tend to emphasize grammar and reading comprehension rather than teaching pronunciation or speaking. Fortunately, scholars and academics have begun to pay greater attention to technological instruction as information technology has grown in popularity and worldwide knowledge has expanded rapidly (Hung, Hwang, & Huang, 2012).
As a way of helping students improve their overall learning skills as well as their speaking skills, in particular, researchers have tried to build and integrate technology into classroom teaching procedures. I would like to undertake to this study in light of that, and I think the findings will help support my claim that digital storytelling can help students improve their speaking performance at the lower secondary school level, which is why I would like to do this study. Aims and objectives of the study This study aims to determine the effects of digital storytelling activities as a collaborative learning on lower secondary school students’ speaking performance. During these digital storytelling sessions, students engage in group activilies where they discuss ideas.
brainstorm, create story videos, narrate. and present them collectively in front of the class. Through collaborative learning, they work together to produce digital storytelling videos, aiming to enhance their speaking skills. Subsequently, the effectiveness of digital storytelling in improving students’ speaking performance will be evaluated using a test to assess English speaking proficiency.
Surveying students on their attitudes toward collaborative learning is necessary since there is a relauionship between digital storytelling activities and collaborative learning, which will be illustrated and explained in the literature study. The purpose of this survey is to help students improve their speaking performance. To put it another way, the purpose of this research is to find the answer to the following research questions: 1. What are the effects of digital storytelling activitics on junior high school students’ speaking performance? 2.
What are junior high school students’ attitudes towards collaborative learning using digital storytelling? 1. Research hypotheses The two hypotheses for this research could be: Hypothesis 1: Students who have received digital storytelling instruction have much better speaking performance than those who have not. Hypothesis 2: Students have positive attitudes towards collaborative learning using digital storytelling. Significance of the study This section highlights the importance of the research for the field of speaking pedagogy in the setting of English centers by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of the study’s findings.
Regarding theoretical contributions, the study is one of few studies about the effects of digital storytelling on students’ speaking performance in Vietnam, especially in the context of a language center. Additionally, it evaluates speaking performance across various dimensions, thereby offering deeper insights into the subject matter and contributing to the existing literature in this field. Practically speaking, curriculum writers, educators, school administrators, researchers, and students can all benefit from this study. Digital storytelling may present a new way of teaching speaking to the pupils.
Through digital storytelling activities, this model is anticipated to enhance their ability to communicate effectively and increase their level of activeness and involvement in the construction of knowledge and learning activities. The study’s findings might provide a new method for teaching speaking to English teachers. They will have a better understanding of the model and how to create and use it in their classrooms. The study may provide school administrators insight into the value of digital storytelling in enhancing students’ speaking performance.
This finding could serve as the impetus for teacher training, seminars, or workshops that will give teachers the know- how to teach English speaking skills in classrooms equipped with technology. The study might serve as a foundation or point of reference for those creating the curriculum to teach speaking. To help the pupils, they can use digital storytelling or incorporate a portion of the model.