The Impact of Animated Stories on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Skills

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the impact of animated stories on EFL learners of different proficiency levelslistening comprehension skillsand the EFL learners` perception of the use of animated stories during classes.The instruments used for data collection were pre-and post –tests “ The Flyer Cambridge Young Learners English Test”and the attitudinal questionnaire was used at the end of each animated story watching process. In the researchthe pre-and post-tests data collection were analyzed with the help of the non-parametric Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Tests,which were used within group comparisons of the three sets of scores for the three groups , and Kruskal -Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney Test were used for between group comparisons.Data collection for attitudinal questionnaire was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics. The results of the analyzes showed that there was a significant difference in the performance in students listening comprehension skillsafter watching animated story telling. The data collected from the attitudinal questionnaire showed thatstudents mostly liked the stories aboutanimals( The Rainbow Fish, Harry the Dirty Dog) more than on general topics.Tothe question whether they would like to watch those stories during their class time their response was positive.