The Effect Of Virtual Reality In Developing Al-Azhar Secondary Stage Students' EFL Writing Skills

Abstract

The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of Virtual Reality in developing Al-Azhar secondary stage students' EFL writing skills. The study adopted quasi-experimental design in terms of using an experimental group and another control one. The participants were 50 Al-Azhar secondary stage students' EFL writing skills. To achieve the aim of the study, the researchers designed an EFL writing skills pre/posttest to measure the students' performance in writing. It was administered to the participants before and after the implementation. The mean scores of the pre/post administrations of the test were statistically calculated. Findings of the study showed that; 1) there are statistically significant differences between the means of scores of control group and experimental group students in EFL writing skills in post test, and those differences in favor of experimental group students, 2) there are statistically significant differences between the means of scores of the experimental group students in EFL writing skills in both of pre and post test, and those differences in favor of post implementation. In the light of the findings, the researchers recommend the use of virtual reality for developing EFL writing skills.