שביעות רצון ומוטיבציה בלמידת שפה זרה באמצעות סיפורים דיגיטליים

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of learning a second
language (English) by using digital stories for pupils in Arab schools. In view
of the difficulties faced by the Arab pupils learning English as a second foreign
language, the study attempts to answer two key issues: (1) the satisfaction of
students using digital stories in learning and (2) the impact of learning motivation
among pupils by this method.
The study included 81 pupils in the seventh grade (3 classes). 2 classes (51
pupils) learned by using digital stories, and one class (30 pupils) learned by
ordinary teaching method. The findings confirm the two hypotheses regarding
the presence of statistically significant differences in the degree of satisfaction
between the two groups. Pupils who studied using digital stories indicated a high
degree of satisfaction than pupils in the control group. The findings also indicate
that the second hypothesis that there is an impact between the teaching method
and learning motivation of English learners using digital stories than the control
group is verified.
Furthermore, the findings indicate that the third hypothesis there isn’t any
existence of differences in variables gender (boys versus girls) regarding to
motivation for learning and satisfaction was confirmed. The findings raise an
important implication that there’s a need to expand the use of digital tools in
language teaching in general and specifically English as a foreign language,
which requires colleges to train Arab teachers to prepare and train the teachers
to the digital age.
One of the main limitations of this study is that it was conducted only in one
school and was based on a small sample of number of pupils. Therefore, it is
recommended for future researches to expand the study to a larger number of
both schools and of a sample of students.