Manar Ali AboElhaded Tamer The Effectiveness of Using Cartoon Films in Enhancing Primary School Pupils' EFL writing skills

Abstract

The current study investigated the effectiveness of using cartoon films in developing primary school pupils' EFLwriting skills. The participants of the study comprised 60 pupils .They were drawn randomly from fourth year pupils enrolled in the primary stage, at Qombainyat primary school for boys and girls, EL Sadat Educational Directorate, Menouifa governorate ,during the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021. The participants were divided into two groups: experimental and control,30 pupils each. After pretesting, The experimental group received writing skills through cartoon films while the control group received regular instruction. Data were treated statistically. The results revealed that using cartoon films is effective in primary stage pupils' EFLwriting skills. Hence the results seemed to provide adequate evidence to support the hypotheses. The change that occurred in the writing skills performance of the experimental group was higher than that of control group. Thus ,it is recommended that the use of cartoon films be used in teaching writing skills to primary school pupils.