The Effect of Digital Graphic Organizers on Teaching EFL Vocabulary for Primary Stage Pupils and Their Motivation

The current study aimed at investigating the effect of digital graphic organizers in teaching vocabulary for primary stage pupils and their motivation.The study adopted a quasi - experimental design (experimental). Also it included one independent variable which was digital graphic organizers and two dependent variables which were developing EFL vocabulary and developing their motivation. The sample of the study consisted of a group of (N=30) from the sixth grade primary pupils. The researcher taught them by using digital graphic organizers. The following instruments were used to achieve the questions of the study: A diagnostic test to measure the level of weakness of the pupils in learning vocabulary, a pre-posttest in vocabulary and a motivation scale. The t-test is used to determine the statistical differences of the mean score of the group before and after the experiment. The current study indicated the positive effectiveness of using digital graphic organizers on teaching EFL Vocabulary and the motivation for primary sixth grade pupils. The study reached to the positive method “digital graphic organizers”. It facilitated the teaching of EFL vocabulary for pupils, and encouraged English supervisors and teachers to use the current strategy in teaching that makes pupils share and activate their thinking and abilities. It helped pupils to pay their attentions with teachers because the teaching through new methods as digital graphic organizers is very interesting, and trains English teachers to use digital graphic organizers in their teaching. It makes teachers use new methods, which reduce teachers’ efforts, make them guiders for pupils and make pupils participants in the class and adapt digital graphic organizers in teaching the units in all educational stages.