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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Dec
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The Effect of Using the Story-Mapping Technique on Developing Tenth Grade Students' Short Story Writing Skills in EFL
Ibnian, Salem Saleh Khalaf
English Language Teaching, v3 n4 p181-194 Dec 2010
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using the story-mapping technique on developing tenth grade students' short story writing skills in EFL. The study attempted to answer the following questions: (1) What are the short story writing skills needed for tenth grade students in EFL?; and (2) What is the effect of the using the story-mapping technique on developing tenth grade students' short story writing skills in EFL? Tools of the study included a checklist to identify the short story writing skills needed for tenth grade students in EFL as well as a pre-post short story writing test and its scoring scale. Results revealed the effect of using the story mapping technique on developing tenth grade students' short story writing skills.
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Grade 10, Story Grammar, Story Telling, Essays, Teaching Methods, Check Lists, Skill Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Writing Tests, Statistical Significance, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Educational Practices, Writing Strategies, Writing Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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