Audio fairy tales technique to enhance English listening skill

Abstract

The research project entitled "The Audio Fairy tales technique to enhance English listening skills” was aimed at determining how the use of this technique improves listening skills. This was achieved through the analysis of the impact of the use of the fairy tale technique on auditory skills by identifying which kinds of fairy tales and activities are useful in English language classes. In addition, an evaluation was carried out of the differences between students who attended classes with lessons implemented through the use of the audio fairy tale technique, and the group of students who attended their normal English classes without any intervention. Through a pre-test based on the A2 KET test, the level of students in auditory skills was assessed. Simultaneously, a didactic booklet was introduced, with audio fairy tales and activities that develop listening-skill lessons using pre-listening, during listening, and post-listening activities. This was implemented in the academic period September 2018 - December 2018. Both the control group and experimental group were finally given a post-test. After obtaining the qualitative information from the Pre-test and the post-test, this was processed and analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). This quasi-experimental research contributed to improving the auditory skills of the second-year students of Cotaló High School. It was concluded that the audio fairy tales technique improved listening skills. Specifically, students were able to positively recognize main ideas and supporting details, as well as the main characters of a story. The technique is recommended for the improvement of the learning of the English as a foreign language.