The Effectiveness of a suggested Strategy Based on Handwriting Without Tears Approach in Enhancing EFL Primary Stage Pupils' Handwriting Legibility

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This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a proposed strategy based on Handwriting Without Tears Approach in enhancing (44) primary stage pupils' handwriting legibility. The participants were equally divided into experimental and control groups at Kafr Sakr Formal Language School, Sharkia Governorate. To achieve the aim of the research, the researcher designed Handwriting Checklist, Pre-post Writing tests, Pupil's Book and Teacher's Guide based on the suggested strategy. The experimental group was taught via the suggested strategy in the first term (2019) for one period weekly which lasted for 90 minutes, while the control group received regular instruction. The results of the study indicated that the suggested strategy proved to be effective in improving the experimental group handwriting legibility than the control group. This study recommended that handwriting must receive an insightful emphasis especially at the primary stage.

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