Using Mind Mapping as a Visual Literacy Technique for Developing EFL Vocabulary Learning among Primary School Pupils

Abstract

The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using mind mapping as a visual literacy technique for developing EFL vocabulary learning among primary school pupils. The participants were 60 pupils of sixth year primary school. Sixty pupils were randomly selected from Alandalus Private School in Sidi Salim Governorate, in Kafr-El SHeikh during the second semester of the academic year 2018/2019. They were assigned to two groups:(30) pupils as an experimental group, and (30) pupils as a control group . The experimental group received teaching vocabulary by using visual literacy techniques while the control group received the regular method in teaching vocabulary. The instrument was an EFL pre-post vocabulary learning test. The test was scored and the findings were analyzed using a t-test. Results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the pre-post test in favor of the post test. Accordingly, the visual literacy is effective for developing the sixth year primary school pupils' vocabulary learning