The Effectiveness of Accelerated Learning in Developing Writing Skills in the English Language Course for Third Intermediate Female Students

Abstract

The study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of Accelerated Learning (AL) in developing English writing skills of the third-grade intermediate female students. To achieve this aim، the researcher employed the quasi-experimental approach and the descriptive approach. The sample included 60 students purposively selected from the Nineteenth School which belongs Tabuk Education Department. The students were equally divided into two groups: experimental and control with 30 students for each. The experimental group was taught using (AL) and the control group was taught using the traditional method. The tools that had been used and applied; were designed by the researcher (teacher guide for teaching the selected unit using (AL) and writing skills test). Accordingly، the study revealed the following results: Five major writing skills in English have been determined for the third-grade intermediate female students (including writing a correct sentence، writing a complete composition، the skill of dictation، the skill of making an accurate summary and composing an e-mail) with 47 sub-skills under these five main skills. there are statistically significant differences at the level (α≤ 0.05) between the means of the degrees of the two groups (experimental and control) in the post-application of the effectiveness of Accelerated Learning (AL) test، in developing the writing skills for the benefit of the experimental group. In the light of these results; the researcher recommended and suggested the following: Using the teacher guide book، that had been designed for this study which based on Accelerated Learning (AL) in teaching other units.