Using the Goal Setting Strategy in Improving EFL Writing Skills of Official Language Secondary School Students

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Faculty of Education

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The primary goal of this research was to improve second year official language secondary school students’ EFL writing skills by implementing a goal-setting strategy. The participants of this research were (60) second year official language secondary school students at Al Mahalla Official Language School (experimental group) and El-Shaheed Mohamed Fadlallah Official Language School(control group), Al Mahalla El Kubra , Gharbya ,Egypt. The research adopted the quasi-experimental design using two groups: an experimental group (n = 30), and a control one (n = 30). The instruments included an EFL writing skills test, and an EFL writing skills rubric. The experimental treatment was conducted during the second semester of the academic year (2023-2024).The two groups were pre-and post-tested using EFL writing skills test. The results showed that the experimental group students outperformed their control group colleagues in the EFL writing skills post-test. When the experimental group's pre-test and post-test scores were compared, they indicated a significant development. It means that the goal-setting strategy was beneficial in improving students' EFL writing skills.

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Benha Journal of Humanities Sciences
Volume 3, Issue 5
September and October 2024
Pages 247-273

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