The EFL Students' Attitudes towards Using the Guided Imagery Strategy in Developing their Writing Skills at Ibb University

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the EFL students' attitudes towards using the guided imagery strategy in developing their writing skills. The study used the descriptive approach with quantitative design to achieve its objectives. A random sample of 24 EFL second level students in the Faculty of Education at Ibb University were selected to participate purposefully in the study. Data were collected through two close-ended questionnaires as the instruments of the study. The collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. The obtained data were calculated and tabulated for analysis using descriptive statistics (means, standard deviation, rank mean, and sum of ranks).  The results of the study showed the perception of the EFL students about the most important writing skills.  In light of these results, the most important writing skills were distributed on four main domains, including 40 items in terms of organization, content, grammar and mechanics. The results also showed the EFL students' highly positive attitudes towards using the guided imagery strategy in developing their writing skills. This study recommended investigating the application of the guided imagery strategy in developing EFL students' other language skills as well as implementing this strategy in different faculties and universities.