The Effectiveness of Interactive Strategies Program on Developing Preparatory Students’ English Writing Skills

Abstract

The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using some interactive strategies on developing the writing skills of students of prep schools. The study adopted the quasi experiment .The study was conducted in Hend Takyellah prep School in Giza where the researcher works as an English teacher. Participants seventy second prep graders randomly divided into experimental group ( 35) and control group (35). The proposed interactive writing strategy program was implemented on the experimental group, whereas the regular method was used with the control group. To collect the data, the researcher conducted a pre-post test. The pre-test was administered before and after the implementation of the purposed program. Results were statistically analyzed. Results indicated that the two groups were equivalent in their previous learning and general achievement. Results indicated that the experimental group who was highly satisfied with the program outperformed the control group. They also indicated that the interactive writing strategy proposed program was effective in enhancing the students writing skills and in developing their ability in learnin