Improving English Skills through the Use of Narratives for Secondary School Pupils

Authors

  • Elona Ziu

Abstract

Learning English has become a necessity for every citizen of Europe. The teaching of foreign languages is a challenging and demanding process for teachers. Teachers use a range of techniques for acquisitions of English as a foreign language. A technique which is viewed as very efficient is the use of narratives. This technique represents a holistic teaching and learning approach, based on the principle that pupils should interact with rich and authentic examples of the language. Stories are motivating, challenging and fun. So, learning English through stories is a natural way of learning the language. This study is based on a case study .2 classes of a secondary school were used to conduct this study. One of the classes was the experimental one, which was taught through stories once a week for a three-month period. The results of the experimental class were compared with the results of the control class.Tests’results were analyzed by the statistics program SPSS.The aim of this study is to show the importance and the effectiveness of narration while teaching English and to suggest the inclusion of the English narrative class in the national curriculum.

Keywords: narrative texts, reading, writing, use of English, pupils.

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2016-12-13

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Ziu, E. (2016). Improving English Skills through the Use of Narratives for Secondary School Pupils. ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies, 4(10), 63–68. Retrieved from https://www.anglisticum.ielas.org/index.php/IJLLIS/article/view/1179

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Vol. 4 No. 10 (2015): Volume 4, No.10, October, 2015

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Vol.4, No.10, October 2015

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