Digital Storytelling For Speaking Fluency: An Experimental Study in Undergraduate EFL Classrooms, BS English First and Second Semester at Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of digital stories as an intervention strategy to improve the fluency of speaking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the undergraduate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom at Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak with reference to the first and the second semester BS English students. As more and more people are requiring effective language acquisition strategies in an ever-digitalized world, the study investigates how the incorporation of multimedia storytelling can facilitate the process of learning oral communication. The research involved an experimental design because a group of participants underwent a set of digital storytelling activities directed at the acquisition of fluency in speaking. Pre-tests, post-tests, observational notes and student surveys were used to collect the data. The results show that students who practiced digital storytelling showed a high rate of fluency, coherence and confidence in speaking fluency and coherence. The study also established the motivational returns to the application of technology in language learning. The paper is relevant to the accumulating body of literature on technology-enhanced language learning and offers implications on the practical level of using digital storytelling as EFL teaching.

Keywords: Digital storytelling, speaking fluency, EFL classrooms, language acquisition, technology in education, experimental study