Students' Attitudes towards the Use of Digital Storytelling in Foreign Language Classroom: The Zimmer Twins Project

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi School of Liberal Arts. 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok, Thailand 10140. Tel: +66-2470-8756; Fax: +66-2428-3375; Web site: https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/index

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Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; College Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Story Telling; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Web Sites; Animation; Communication Skills; Video Technology; Language Skills; Student Motivation; Learner Engagement; Value Judgment; Self Efficacy

1513-5934

The study investigates students' attitudes toward the integration of a Digital Storytelling (DST) project into a foreign language classroom, with particular interest in language improvement and motivation. The study incorporates both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The data were gathered from a class of university students learning English as a foreign language in Thailand (17 participants) via two instruments: questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that students have positive attitudes towards the integration of DST into the language classroom and think that participation in such a project is beneficial to their language improvement and motivation. Suggestions are made for further research, especially on the real contributions of DST to students' language improvement and motivation.

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2020

EJ1270977