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Yazar
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Nisreen Kadhim Khudhair
& Bushra Saadoon Mohammed
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2017
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18
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303-314
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Nisreen Kadhim Khudhair & Bushra Saadoon Mohammed , (2017). INVESTIGATING EFL PREPARATORY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARD USING STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE. Route Education and Social Science Journal , 18, p. 303-314. Doi: 10.17121/ressjournal.791.
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Özet
Education should be about improving the quality of people’s lives and to do so we must better understand what students want to learn and why. As a result of the rapid pace of change in today's information age, adult learners who are already in or soon to be entering today's jobs need to find ways to quickly learn and apply new information in order to stay competitive. Storytelling has emerged as one such teaching method that has proven to be an effective teaching pedagogy and learning process.The purpose of this study was to research and describe how storytelling as a teaching and learning method has a positive impact on the learning and information retention for adult students .
The study aims at investigating Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers' perceptions toward using storytelling technique for learning English.
To fulfill the aim of the present study, a sample of (150)Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers taken randomly from different schools . To achieve the aim of the study , teachers' questionnaire consists of (20) items is applied as instruments .From the analysis of the data, a t-test analysis shows a statistically significant difference according to teacher perceptions toward using storytelling technique. It is recommended to use storytelling technique since they are very effective especially for the adults students and it is very helpful for the teacher as a procedure for learning language .
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Abstract
Education should be about improving the quality of people’s lives and to do so we must better understand what students want to learn and why. As a result of the rapid pace of change in today's information age, adult learners who are already in or soon to be entering today's jobs need to find ways to quickly learn and apply new information in order to stay competitive. Storytelling has emerged as one such teaching method that has proven to be an effective teaching pedagogy and learning process.The purpose of this study was to research and describe how storytelling as a teaching and learning method has a positive impact on the learning and information retention for adult students .
The study aims at investigating Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers' perceptions toward using storytelling technique for learning English.
To fulfill the aim of the present study, a sample of (150)Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers taken randomly from different schools . To achieve the aim of the study , teachers' questionnaire consists of (20) items is applied as instruments .From the analysis of the data, a t-test analysis shows a statistically significant difference according to teacher perceptions toward using storytelling technique. It is recommended to use storytelling technique since they are very effective especially for the adults students and it is very helpful for the teacher as a procedure for learning language .
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