The Effect of Using Index Cards Games Technique on Iraqi EFL Intermediate Students’ Performance on Writing Skill Ali Dhafar Basim1,*, Dehham Sabeeha Hamza1, Hasan Abd Ali Nayif1 1College of Basic Education, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq *Corresponding author: Dhafar Basim Ali. College of Basic Education, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract To achieve the aim of the present study, a two-month experiment was conducted using the pre-test, post-test, control and experimental group design. The population of the study comprises the second-year students at the intermediate schools for girls in the city center of Babylon in the academic year (2018–2017). Two sections were randomly selected from Al-Weedad Intermediate School for girls to represent the sample of the study. One of these sections, with (33) students, was randomly assigned to be the experimental group (taught with the use of Index Cards Games Technique) and the other, with (32)students, was assigned to be the control group (taught by the conventional method). Both groups were matched in terms of students’ age (measured in months), parents’ educational level, and students’ scores in English in the first course examination of the same academic year. It is worth mentioning that the researcher himself has taught the two groups the same subject. After administering the tests(pre-test and post-test), the testees’ responses were processed statistically using a T-test formula for two independent samples. Other statistical tools such as Pearson Correlation Coefficient, One sample T-test, Chi-square, item facility and item discrimination equation were also used. Top Keywords Index Cards Games, Writing Skill. Top |