*2.1.3 Introducing the digital storytelling method*

A digital story is a 2–3-minute individual multimedia narrative, usually written in E/1, told in the student's own voice [4]. The narrator emphasizes the most important elements of the story in keeping with the tight time frame, and the logical priority of the events is increased [11]. Too long a film degrades the quality of the digital story.

The steps of the method are defined in the following five stages [12]:


5.The final stage is to screen, discuss and evaluate the work.

Digital storytelling is also very popular with students because it uses activities that students already do in their peer groups: sharing pictures, videos, and stories. However, during the application of the method, these activities are supplemented by a phase of independent learning and thinking, as well as a critical and constructive interpretation of each other's work.

Using this method, learners are active participants in learning. They feel responsible for the quality of their work and therefore pay sustained attention to the content they are working on.

DST also promotes the development of internal motivation, as students create for the outcome and for the experience itself, while being pervaded with a sense of surpassing themselves and their abilities [13].

In addition to its positive effect on students [14] and performance [15], it improves students' problem-solving skills, the ability to learn independently, and the development of critical thinking.

The use of DST promotes students' active and creative participation in the teaching-learning process, in which independent and cooperative forms of.

One of the most important features of DST is that during the process, students go from the abstract to the concrete level step by step [16].
