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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GRAPHIC ORGANIZER STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS' LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT

Abduljabbar Waal Mohsin

Volume: 9 Issue: 3 2019

Abstract:

The present study examines the effectiveness of Graphical Organizer strategy on Student’s language Learning Achievement at School. Graphic Organizer Model assist teachers focus on content in order to make it understandable for the students. The aim of this paper is to assess the effect of Graphical Organizer of students’ learning foreign language. It is an experimentally study that conducted at intermediate School. The study adopted Pre-test, posttest, control group design for conducting the experiment. Differences of students' achievement in both control and experimental groups, was checked through comparing the outcomes of their performance. The results show that students of experiment group, who studied through the GO strategy, got higher marks than students of the control group. The findings of the study reported that GO Model proved an effective instructional strategy and that students' learning achievement was improved. The teachers have recommended to train on how to design and follow the steps of GO strategy in teaching. The value of the study, have efficient implications for teachers, curriculum designers and researchers.

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