WorksheetsPicturebooks Go Digital – The Potential of Story Apps for the Primary EFL Classroom (Sonja Brunsmeier and Annika Kolb)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What English language skill did researchers focus on?
Reading
Storytelling
Both reading and storytelling
What are aims of this paper?
To survey the advantages and present criteria for the selection of appropriate story apps for intensive reading settings for primary EFL classroom.
To improve primary students’ reading skill in EFL classroom by using appropriate picturebooks.
To explore the benefits and present criteria for the selection of appropriate story apps for extensive reading settings for primary students.
What are benefits of story apps purposed in this papers?
It supports children’s group reading and allow them to interact with their classmates.
It supports children’s independent reading and allow them to interact with the text by their own.
It supports students’ storytelling skills and allow them to interact with their classmates.
What are research instruments used to collect data for the finding?
They consist of audio recordings, interviews, pretest and post test.
They use video recordings, evaluation forms and students’ worksheets.
They are video recordings, interviews and students’ worksheets.
Where was this research conducted?
Germany
Ghana
Indonesia
Why do teachers in Germany avoid primary students to read book independently?
The teachers are concerned that independent reading would be not interesting for their students and would lead to classroom management problem.
They are concerned that independent reading would be too difficult for their students and would lead to incorrect pronunciation.
Most of students are not interested in independent reading and it would be too difficult for their students.
Who are samples in this research?
1st and 2nd graders
2nd and 4th graders
3rd and 4th graders
What activities did students do in this research?
Read wanted story apps, do pre-post reading activities, note the main facts about the story, and give their opinion on the story.
Read wanted story apps, note the main facts about the story, and give their opinion on the story.
Read wanted story apps, note the main facts about the story, do role-play, and give their opinion on the story.
According the research finding, what are not features of story apps supporting students ‘reading understanding?
Audio Narration ,Animation and Sound, Vocabulary Support, and Reader Participation and Co-Creation
Audio Sound ,Animation and Subtitle, Picture Vocabulary, and Read Aloud and Co-Creation
What can be a weak point of using story apps for developing young students’ reading competence?
Animations of some story apps may be confused students about meaning of the reading text.
Animations of some story apps can distract students from the reading to the text.
