A Program based on Integrating Digital Mind Maps and Electronic Educational Games to Develop Primary School Pupils' EFL Oral Communication Skills, Vocabulary Use and Reduce their Speaking

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop oral commucation skills , vocabulary use and reduce speaking anxiety of EFL third year primary school pupils through Electronic Educational Games and Digital Mind Maps . The participants of the study were 60 pupils who were randomly drawn and divided into two groups: the control group (N=30) and the experimental group (N=30) from 23July primary school, Qualiobya government in the school year 2024/2025. The experimental group was taught through the Electronic Educational Games and Digital Mind Maps. On the other hand, the control group received regular instruction.
To achieve the purpose of the study, the researcher designed a checklist of oral communication sub- skills, pre /post oral communication skills test, an analytic oral communication skills rubric , a checklist of vocabulary use sub- skills, a pre /post vocabulary use skills test e) an analytic vocabulary use skills rubric, a scale of reducing speaking anxiety g) an analytic reducing speaking anxiety scales. Finally some recommendations and suggestions for further research were provided.