Digital storytelling is a powerful technology tool in education which integrates
computer technologies and the art of telling stories together. It combines texts, images, and
audios into creative media of storytelling. Digital storytelling can be used as a multimedia
tool in language learning to help students improve their English speaking skills by using
technology to tell the story in their own words and voice. The purposes of this study were to
investigate the implementation of digital storytelling in developing English speaking skills
and the satisfaction toward learning from digital storytelling of 50 Thai undergraduate
students who enrolled in the English compulsory course at Suranaree University of
Technology in Trimester 2/2012. Before creating digital storytelling, students had to take pretest
to identify their speaking ability. After that, the students were encouraged to create their
own digital storytelling by telling the story along with the pictures through window movie
maker. Their speaking skills were practiced and improved when they rehearse to tell the story
with the window movie maker. Afterwards, all of the digital storytelling were presented and
published through digital storytelling websites for sharing the ideas with their friends in the
classroom. After the presentation, the post-test was used to compare for finding out how well
students’ English speaking skills were developed. The evaluation for efficiency was
conducted relying on the Brahmawong E1/E2 formula with 80/80 standard criterion. In
addition, the students were interviewed how digital storytelling help them improve their
speaking abilities. The effects of implementing digital storytelling in the classroom have
developed and helped the students’ English speaking skills. Moreover, it can help teachers to
design their curricula with digital storytelling in the instruction so that students can be active
and self-directed learners.