Effectiveness of the Storytelling Approach in Developing English Language Performance of Primary Schoolers

: This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the storytelling approach on developing the English language performance of primary schoolers. The two groups' pre-posttest design was adopted in this study. The participants of this study were 40 EFL schoolers from Abu Satty Primary School at Abu Hammad, Sharkia Governorat, Egypt. They were divided into two groups: control and experimental. Each group included 20 schoolers. Three instruments were developed and conducted: a questionnaire for measuring the English language performance limited to the four language skills in addition to vocabulary and grammar and a rubric measuring those skills. They were validated by a panel of jurors. Based on these skills, a test of English language performance was developed and used as pre/post-test. During the experiment the researcher used tasks and activities based on the storytelling approach. They were taught through the sessions to develop the schooler's English language performance. By the end of the experiment, the test was administered to both groups to find out the effectiveness of the storytelling approach. Findings of the study were statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS). Significant differences were found between the mean scores of the pre/posttest of English language performance in favor of the post test of the experimental group.