Integrating Telegram application into digital mind mapping to develop student teachers' EFL critical reading and writing skills

الملخص EN

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of integrating telegram application into digital mind mapping in developing student teachers' EFL critical reading and writing skills.

The design of the study was a mixed research methodology.

It combined both quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting data.

The participants of the study were thirty -five (N= 35) students enrolled in third -year English section at the Faculty of Education, Benha University, Egypt.

They were tested before and after the treatment.

They were taught through using digital mind mapping and telegram application based program.

The instruments of the study included an EFL critical reading skills test, an EFL critical writing skills test and a semi-structured interview.

The results of the study revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study participants in the pre and post administrations of the EFL critical reading and writing skills tests in favor of the post administrations.

These results were ascribed to digital mind mapping and telegram application based program.