Integrating language skills through storytelling

Abstract

This paper reports the effectiveness of using storytelling in integrating the four language skills and enhancing the language proficiency level of adult English language learners. Forty adult English language learners participated in the present study on a voluntary basis. They were instructed and trained in the four language skills through a storytelling-based suggested integrated instructional model developed by the writer. The effectiveness of the integrated instructional model was measured by using a pre-post test and applying Blake's modified gain ratio. The findings of the study indicated that the scores obtained by the participants on the post-test were higher than those on the pre-test. The suggested model proved to be effective in integrating the four language skills and enhancing the language proficiency level of the participants.