Effectiveness of guided imagery strategy in developing writing skills among efl students : a proposed training program

Abstract EN

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a program based on the guided imagery strategy in developing writing skills among EFL students at lbb University.

The experimental method and quasi-experimental design used to achieve the objectives of the study.

The study instruments were a questionnaire and an achievement test.

The students of the second level in the Faculty of Education at lbb University chosen to participate in the experiment as a group of two pair-samples.

The data collected through a three-scale questionnaire instrument consisted of four domains involving 40 writing skills.

Moreover, the study used another tool, which was a pre-post-achievement test that applied to all 24 second-level students in English Department before and after conducting the program based on the guided imagery strategy to explore their achievement of writing skills and to determine whether there was a statistical significant difference between the mean ranks before and after applying the program.

The collected data analyzed using SPSS.

The obtained data calculated and tabulated for data analysis by means of descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation, mean ranks, and some of ranks) and inferential statistics (Nonparametric, Wilcoxon test) computed.

The results of the study showed the effectiveness of the program based on the guided imagery strategy in developing the writing skills among the students at lbb University.

Moreover, the results indicated that the educational and academic contribution was positive for the program based on the guided imagery strategy.

The most important recommendations of the study focused on advocating the implementation of the program used in this study and its application in developing the skills of other English language courses as well as the courses of other departments and faculties at universities around Yemen.