Evaluating storytelling activities for early literacy development

Abstract

This study reports on the effectiveness of an organised set of storytelling activities that aimed to enhance early literacy development. There were three conditions in the study. In the control condition, regular literacy development activities took place. In one experimental condition, the set of activities included oral storytelling. In the other experimental condition, the activities included digital storytelling. Participants were 59 fourto five-year-old children from three kindergarten classrooms, and the intervention lasted 6 weeks. Children were assessed before and after the intervention for their early literacy skills development using two standardised tests and one nonstandardised test. The results on the standardised tests showed that there was equally strong literacy development in all conditions. On the non-standardised post-test, the children in the experimental conditions did better than the control group. The discussion draws attention to the specific qualities of the intervention for early literacy development, and the benefits of testing this development with a mixture of standardised and dedicated tests.

Digital Storytelling Trends in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia: A Systematic Literature Review

“…For many years, ECE storytelling techniques were limited to traditional text-based reading and writing types, puppets, story-related items, and computerized media used sparingly (Maureen et al, 2018(Maureen et al, , 2020. Therefore, incorporating storytelling activities into ECE can be beneficial by using fairy tale elements related to properties such as pictures and dolls and technology, which results in DS that is technique that integrates the art of storytelling with various digital media, including images and sounds (Maureen et al, 2021).…”

“…Using DS to teach children is to develop their empathy, perspective-taking, self-awareness, and sense of community (Aisha & Kaloeti, 2021). The use of digital media in early childhood learning through DS helps develop children's digital literacy skills, which are very important for future education (Maureen et al, 2021). Proper use of these digital tools can help children's understanding and motivation by making information more comprehensible and inspiring.…”

“…At the same time, compelling DS involves personalization, a unique point of view, dramatic questions, dynamic material to personalize content, good power, soundtrack, economic presentation, and speed. There is empirical evidence that strategies that combine narrative and playbased teaching, both spoken and digital, can effectively assist children's literacy and digital literacy development (Maureen, (2021). In another study, designing experimental conditions for the implementation of DS in early childhood, the construction of activities was based on teaching design (Smith & Ragan, 2005).…”

“…The teacher reviews the story and summarizes the day's activities A series of activities was developed to encourage age appropriate ECE literacy that integrates DS with Gagné's et al, (1988) instructional design. Digital Storytelling was created to provide appropriate early childhood literacy training (Maureen et al, 2021). Manullang (2021) added that using DS media and educational game applications is proper for using online learning in collaboration with parents.…”

İletişim Bozuklukları Bağlamında Erken Okuryazarlık Becerileri Üzerine Genel Bir Bakış

“…Bu doğrultuda, erken dönemde çocukların erken okuryazarlık becerilerinin değerlendirilmesi gerekmektedir (Boudreau & Hedberg, 1999). Çocuğun erken okuryazarlık becerilerinin yaşına göre uygun olup olmadığının hem formel hem de informel olarak değerlendirilmesi, erken okuryazarlık ile ilgili destek eğitime ihtiyacı olup olmadığının belirlenmesi açısından önemlidir (Maureen et al, 2021). Ayrıca erken okuryazarlık becerilerinin önemli bir kısmının dile dayalı olduğu belirtilmektedir (Güldenoğlu ve ark., 2019).…”