The effect of explicit teaching of story structure on EFL learners’ use of communication strategy

This study examined the effect of explicit teaching of narrative macrostructures (narrative, descriptive, evaluative) on the use of communication strategies. Results indicated that the explicit instruction of narrative story structure (Labov, 1972; Polanyi, 1979, 1985) had no effect on the use of communication strategy and the type of communication strategy employed by learners. However, it helped learners to develop certain skills to meet the narrative demand of storytelling; specifically, it enriched learners’ stories regarding evaluative structure to make their stories worthy.