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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of utilizing corpora on improving secondary students’ narrative writing skills. The study adopted the one group pre-posttest design, with the study group receiving narrative writing instruction supplemented with corpus-based activities. The sample comprised a first-year secondary students group (N=30) from Cairo school in Marg District. They were exposed to the experimental treatment for a four-week period (24 hours). The pre- post-test was administered to both assess the students’ initial narrative writing skills and measure their progress following the corpus-based instruction. Additionally, a rubric was employed to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the students’ narrative writing subskills. Paired t-test and effect size calculations were used to measure the effect of the suggested program on the students’ narrative writing performance. Results revealed that the program was effective in developing students’ narrative writing skills as there were statistically significant differences between the pre and post administrations of the test. The findings could inform instructional materials that enhance students’ narrative writing proficiency and foster their linguistic development. Finally, a set of recommendations and suggestions for further research for incorporating corpora into the teaching of narrative writing were proposed.