Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of creative narrative technique on students’ listening comprehension skills. The current study employed action research. The study group consists of 21 second grade students, six of whom were refugee students, at second grades in the school chosen through convenience sampling. In the study, the activities were conducted through 4 tales from Aesop Tales. It has been observed that creative narrative technique fosters students’ listening comprehension skills. Through the technique, students were able to adapt the place, plot, time, characters and topic of the tales they listened into daily life. The technique helps students make interdisciplinary correlations in consistency with the philosophy of constructivist learning and to improve their creative writing skills. It has been concluded that creative narrative technique enhances students’ listening and creative writing skills.
Highlights
The comprehension and narrative skills complement one another
Four students identified the characters as animal- animal in their creative writings; 17 of them identified as animal- person as in the original of the tale
The students were observed to change the characters of the tale and to use new ones in their creative writings
Summary
The comprehension and narrative skills complement one another. These skills are effective in establishing a proper communication and in becoming socialized in everyday life (Ahn & Kang, 2016; Rahbar & Khodabakhsh, 2013; Batur, 2012; Belet & Yaşar, 2007; Çifci, 2000). The studies attribute reading comprehension problem to various reasons (Zaccoletti et al, 2020; Navaie, 2018; Erlidawati, 2018; Rosyida & Ghufron, 2018; Dupont, 2018; Salihu et al, 2018; Naderi & Akrami, 2018; Shen & Park, 2018; Park & Kang, 2018; Shang, 2018; Elleman & Compton, 2017; Davidson & Ellis Weismer, 2017; Çifci, 1998). While a person is talking to another party or is speaking before the public, greater number of factors may play a pivotal role compared to listening and reading skills.
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