An Inquiry-Based Learning and Reflective Thinking Program to Develop Al-Azhar Secondary Stage Model Institutes Students’ EFL Creative Writing Skills and Self-Esteem
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Inquiry- Based Learning, Reflective Thinking, EFL Oral Communication, EFL Creative Writing, EFL Self- Esteem, EgyptAbstract
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of an Inquiry-Based Learning Approach and Reflective Thinking Program to develop Al-Azhar secondary model institutes students’ EFL oral communication skills, creative writing skills, and self-esteem. The researcher adopted the quasi- experimental design. The participants were sixty first-year Azhar secondary stage model institutes students from Mohammed Naguib Al-Azhar Secondary Model Institute for Girls at 10th of Ramadan Al-Azhar Educational Administration, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. Data were collected through an EFL oral communication checklist, an EFL oral communication test, an EFL oral communication rubric, an EFL creative writing checklist, an EFL creative writing test, an EFL creative writing rubric and an EFL self-esteem scale. These instruments were pre and post administered to both groups. The results indicated that: a) the experimental group outperformed the control group as a result of adopting the the study program, and b) the experimental group did better in the post results of the EFL oral communication test, the EFL creative writing, and the EFL self-esteem scale than in the pre results. Therefore, it can be concluded that using the study program has a positive effect in developing the participants’ EFL Oral communication, creative writing and self-esteem skills
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