Abstract
This purpose of the study was to examine the effects of story-telling on the language skills of pupils in early childhood education at the Elmina Catholic Boys Primary School in the Central Region of Ghana. The study employed the action research design. Using the census sampling procedure, 34 respondents comprising 32 primary two (2) pupils and two (2) class teachers were selected for the study. Data gathered from the use of the interview guide and tests were analysed using frequencies, percentages and paired-sample t-test. Among the prominent causes of poor language skills among pupils were the fact that, friends laughed at pupils if they talk and made mistakes (peer pressure) and difficulty pupils had in expressing themselves (personality differences). Also, the post-test scores of the language skills of the pupils were higher than that of the pre-test scores. This means that, the intervention (storytelling) had a positive effect/impact and improved the language skills of the pupils. Keywords : Story-telling, Language Skills DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-24-15 Publication date: August 31 st 2020
Highlights
The early years of a child’s development are very important because they lay the basis for human development and because experiences children are exposed to during that period have lasting influence in childhood
Though pupils are often engaged in reading comprehension and other interactive activities, they can hardly express themselves in simple English terms. They are able to do so in their local dialect. It is on this background that the researchers decided to undertake this study in order to assess the effects of story-telling on the language skills of pupils in www.iiste.org early childhood education at the Elmina Catholic Boys Primary School
The test items were marked over 100% and this catered for the research question 3
Summary
The early years of a child’s development are very important because they lay the basis for human development and because experiences children are exposed to during that period have lasting influence in childhood. They are able to do so in their local dialect It is on this background that the researchers decided to undertake this study in order to assess the effects of story-telling on the language skills of pupils in. Action research design was chosen for this study purposely to ascertain how storytelling can be used to improve the Language Skills of pupils in the classroom. The test items were marked over 100% and this catered for the research question 3 (the impact of storytelling on the language skills of pupils). Data Analysis This study sought to determine the effects of the use story-telling on the language skills of pupils in Elmina Catholic Boys Primary School. These were done using the Statistical Product and Service Solutions
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