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- Title
Use of Cartoon Images to FosterWriting Skills Among Tertiary-Level Learners.
- Authors
V., Durga Prasad
- Abstract
The present study focuses on using cartoon images to foster writing and encourage cohesive writing among tertiary-level learners. This is because writing cohesively is the ultimate challenge in an English as a Second Language (ESL) situation. So to create interest and escalate the writing spirit, cartoon images are incorporated into the English Language Teaching (ELT) classroom. Research tools comprising pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire were employed as part of the study. The students' written scripts were evaluated for topic sentence, coherence, semantic flow, organization, and vocabulary. The data analysis discovered that learners' post-test scores were impressively higher than their pre-test scores. The pre-test and post-test writing showed a significant change, though slips were observed in their writing. The analysis of the data revealed that the learners' writing progressed with the use of cartoon images as it broke the monotony of regular writing cycle. It was also found that the best part of the activity was the use of images, which turned writing into a friendly and enthusiastic process. Cartoon images have a high motivating potential to encourage free writing, especially among slow learners. The study recommends that cartoon images be employed to improve students' writing skills and ease writing stress in the ESL atmosphere.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; THESIS statements (Rhetoric); ENGLISH language; DATA analysis; BOREDOM
- Publication
IUP Journal of English Studies, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 3, p94
- ISSN
0973-3728
- Publication type
Article