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Digital Storytelling and Oral Fluency in an English Reading Class at a Japanese University

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  • Midori Kimura

    (Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan)

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of digital storytelling (DST) in improving oral reading fluency by using the preview function of the software Photo Story 3. This application easily handles the recording and revising of a narration, which is an essential part of oral reading. DST is the art of telling stories through the use of various multimedia, such as text, still images, audio, and video. DST combines the functions of visualizing and verbalizing, which are essential for language comprehension and thinking from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. The participants were 35 Japanese nursing students in Japan, who carried out DST utilizing nursing episodes from a textbook. Undertaking DST enabled the participants to learn to read deeply, visualize the story, and enjoy verbalizing their interpretation of the context, which is a skill lacking in most Japanese students due to the reading/translation teaching method.

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  • Midori Kimura, 2012. "Digital Storytelling and Oral Fluency in an English Reading Class at a Japanese University," International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), IGI Global, vol. 2(1), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcallt:v:2:y:2012:i:1:p:1-12
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