Improving Listening Comprehension among Malay Preschool Children Using Digital Stories

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This ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa is one of the most spectacular of the ancient world. Find out more about the people of Ancient Egypt, their gods and goddesses, magical land and daily life.

Methodology

A 'pharaoh' was the supreme political and religious leader of the land. The word 'pharaoh' comes from Greek and it initially related to the designation of a royal residence.

Each pharaoh was usually the son or declared heir of the previous pharaoh, born of the Great Wife (pharaoh’s chief consort) or sometimes a lesser-ranked wife favored by the pharaoh.
Among the over 300 pharaohs in ancient Egypt, only a few of them succeeded to leave behind an eternal legacy.

Post-test

Guess the Pharaoh

• Who was the pharaoh that undertook the construction of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, the largest in the entire Egyptian land?
• Was part of the 4th dynasty.

Type in the name of this ruler and the period he reigned.

divided into two sections

But, more complex and concern some new vocabulary

Similar to those Pre-test questions

to test children's progressive understanding of linguistic structure, vocabulary, sound patterns and prosody of the language

Pre-test

Guess the pharaoh

• Who is the female pharaoh who ruled Egypt for almost 21 years?
• She took the throne although her brother Anenemes was the rightful successor.

Type in the name of this ruler and the period in which she reigned.

divided in two sections

Part 2. Knowledge of number and animals

Part 1. Knowledge of animals and colours

to collect data

Instrumentation

Guess the Pharaoh

• Who is the most famous female pharaoh in ancient Egypt?
• Last pharaoh who made Egypt one of the world's most powerful and rich civilizations in the world.

Type in the name of this pharaoh and the period in which she ruled.

techhers monitor them individually

children became more independent

2 digital BBC website were used

Sampling

Guess the Pharaoh

• Who is the pharaoh whose reign set the foundations of the New Kingdom?
• He is the founder of the 18th dynasty.

Type in the name of the ruler and the period in which he reigned.

two different English language teachers

two groups were selected

a control group and experimental group

50 children participated in it

Research design

Guess the Pharaoh

• Who was the pharaoh that changed the Egyptians' religious views, encouraging them to believe in one god?
• He builds the new capital of Egypt at Amarna.

Type in the name of this important pharaoh and the period in which he ruled. Example: Ahmose I, 1570 - 1546 BC.

The control and experimental groups were told the stories based on Teacher Instruction and the exploitation of the workbook

A quasi-experimental analysis was carried out at Penang, Malaysia for 6 weeks

Literature Review

English Language Curriculum

The written language will be exposed to children through a variety of materials

Listening and Speaking will consist of Verbal and Non-Verbal communication

Mininstry of Malaysian educaction aims

Footwear in Ancient Egypt

Egyptians went barefoot most of the time, but on special occasions, they liked to wear sandals. Nevertheless, the materials from which the rich people and the poor ones made their sandals differed.

develop an enjoyment of the language through use of stories, rhymes, poems, songs and games

enabling preschool children to actively communicate

Reason for this situation

Malay teachers cannot afford of using or incorporating Internet materials

How did the Egyptian women dress?

Type in a short description of the way the women from Ancient Egypt were dressed.

the CBT is underutilized

How did the Egyptian men dress?

Type in a short description of the way the Egyptian men dressed.

Visual, interactive and reiterative digital stories

benefits to improve children's reading comprehension

help learners progressively learn the second language

understanding the story

assist learning

actively involved in decoding

Clothing materials in Ancient Egypt

The hot summers and mild winters in Egypt favored light clothing made predominantly out of plant fibers.

Animals skins and feathers were sometimes worn by priests and pharaohs.

Type in several examples of clothing materials.

Findings

Egyptian Art has a major role in conveying the essential traits of this great civilization.

The Egyptian art portrays best what this civilization valued the most, what people looked like, how they dressed, the jobs they had, etc.

the mean score was lower in both groups

No significant differences among groups initially

there was homogeneity of variances between the groups in the begining

Introduction

Ancient Egyptian Farming


One of the reasons for which this civilization was so successful was the fact that they used farming to produce their own food and cloth. The farmers grew their crops along the bank of the River Nile.

Research Objectives

To verify significant differences between the mean scores of Experimental and Control groups

To find out digital stories improvements in the children's listening comprehesion skills

What crops did the Egyptians grow?

They grew all sorts of crops, but the most important was grain, from which they made bread, beer, and porridge. Type in various types of crops.

Statement of Problem

the Internet-based technology and listening is scarce

Only a small number of studies suggest that the Use of CBT is correlated to academic outcome.

Nearly all of the Research has concentrated on teenagers and adults