The Effect of Using Interactive Digital Storytelling onDeveloping some Listening Comprehension Skills for Preschool Children

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of using interactive digital storytelling on developing some listening comprehension skills for preschool children. Based on reviewing literature and related studies, the researcher investigated the theoretical framework of interactive digital storytelling and of the listening comprehension skills. This study followed the quasi-experimental method where one-group pre/post design was randomly selected of 38 children from the preschool stage (kG 2)at Al Emam Al Shafie Official Language School in Tanta in 2015/2016. The instrument of the study is: an electronic pre-posttest. Five on line interactive digital stories were adopted. The group has taken a pre/posttest and the results were statistically analyzed using t-Test and the effect size was calculated. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the mean scores of the participants on the listening comprehension pre and posttest administrations in the listening comprehension skill as a whole and in each listening sub-skill in favor of the post test scores. According to these results, the study presented several recommendations and suggestions for further research.

Key Words: Interactive digital storytelling &listening comprehension skills