Effects of Using Digital Comics to Improve ESL Writing

Melor Md Yunus ； Hadi Salehi ； Mohamed Amin Embi

《Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology》 4卷18期 (2012/09) Pp. 3462-3469

並列摘要

Information Communication Technology (ICT) is used in modern education to help teachers to perform administrative tasks more efficiently and students learn more effectively. As one of the pedagogical tools that involve the application of ICT, digital comics offer many advantages, particularly in the creation of an engaging learning environment. Using digital comics as a language-learning tool clearly seems to be one of the most effective ways to teach ESL writing to students who have low proficiency in the English language. This study aims to investigate the perceptions of teacher trainees with regard to the use of digital comics in teaching writing to low-achieving ESL learners. A questionnaire survey was administered to 30 TESL teacher trainees at a state university in Malaysia. The findings showed that the teacher trainees had a positive attitude towards using ICT in teaching writing and most of them agreed that digital comics enable them to help low-achieving language learners to write in English. At the same time, however, the teacher trainees perceived the use of digital comics in the classroom as time consuming and impractical.

並列關鍵字

Digital comics ； ESL writing ； ICT ； perception ； teacher trainees