THE IMPACT OF RETELLING SHORT STORIES ON THE SPEAKING ABILITIES OF TURKISH INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS

Abstract: English language teaching is essential for students of all ages, even adults. Adult learners can acquire new languages, and one strategy that can help them enhance their language skills is by telling short stories. In recent years, storytelling has emerged as a powerful tool for EFL adult learners to enhance their speaking abilities as educators strive to find innovative teaching methods that foster language fluency and vocabulary acquisition. As a teaching method, retelling short stories can be a highly effective way to promote active learning and student engagement, enabling adult EFL learners to develop their language skills through a process of exploration, experimentation, and reflection. This study is intended to investigate the effects of retelling short stories on the speaking abilities of Turkish intermediate EFL adult learners. The research aimed to explore how retelling short stories affects the speaking abilities of twenty adult prep school EFL learners between 18 and 25 years old. The experimental group participated in story retelling sessions for 8 weeks, while the control group solely read the same stories without engaging in retelling sessions. The study used a quantitative research approach, and data was collected through a pre-test and post-test. The results of the research clearly demonstrate that the regular practice of retelling short stories significantly enhanced the speaking abilities of intermediate EFL learners in Turkey, confirming the efficacy of this technique for language learning.

Keywords: Storytelling, Speaking skills, Retelling short stories, Adult learners, Teaching English as a foreign language.

Title: THE IMPACT OF RETELLING SHORT STORIES ON THE SPEAKING ABILITIES OF TURKISH INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS

Author: VICDAN HAMADAOĞLU, AYŞE BETÜL TOPLU

International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH)

ISSN 2349-7831

Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2023 - September 2023

Page No: 187-191

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Published Date: 02-September-2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8310930

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