A The Enhancement of Receptive and Productive Skills of Young Learners through Storytelling Method at the Elementary Level

Abstract

Learning means permanent change in behavior resulted by practice. Different methods and strategies are used by the teachers to get the desired learning in the students. The main aim of the paper is to share the investigation of how storytelling method is helpful to improve the young learner’s receptive and  productive skills at the elementary level. The target population was consisted of 57 primary schools in urban area working under Federal Directorate of Education Islamabad and five thousand male students studying in grade iii. One school and 60 students were randomly selected for the study. Two groups of control and experimental were made dividing randomly 30 students in each group. The control group was taught through conventional method while the experimental group was taught through storytelling. The pre-test and the post-test were the instruments of data collection. The data was analyzed through using T-test and was presented in the form of tables. The findings revealed that the students taught through story telling performed better than that of those who were taught through conventional method. So it is recommended that the story telling method should be used for the enhancement of the young learners’ productive and receptive skills in teaching English at the elementary level and the teachers should be trained according to the needs.