Using Animated Tales to Develop Oral Communication Skills in English

Abstract

This paper examines the use of animated tales to develop the oral communication skills of secondary school learners. In the present era, animation has preoccupied most of the young learners’ minds, and as a result of that, most of the time they are seen watching animated programs and movies. It is a well-known fact that children find animation very interesting. In the present research study, it was assumed that animation could be very useful to develop the oral communication skills of the children. The study was carried out at ‘Rajasthan Marwadi School’ in the Latur district of Maharashtra.Sixty students were chosen through random sampling. They were divided into two groups: the controlled group and the experimental group. 
 Tasks and activities were used as a research tool to analyse the impact of animated tales on the development of learners’ oral communication skills. Other research tools used in the study were classroom observation checklist, tests, and semi-structured interviews. The data was collected through administering various tasks and exercises and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. T-test was used for quantitative analysis of the data. The quantified data showed that students from the experimental group showed forty percent (40%) improvement in their oral communication skills. The classroom observation and the transcription of the recorded interviews were analyzed qualitatively. The findings of the research indicated that the use of animated tales improved the oral communication skills of the learners. Moreover, such animated tales rendered language learning interesting and motivating.