Impacts of Applying Crossword Puzzles on Improving Spelling Among Iranian Intermediate EFL Male and Female Learners

This study aimed at investigating the impacts of applying crossword puzzles on improving spelling among Iranian intermediate EFL male and female learners and exploring Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ perception of applying crossword puzzles in relation to their spelling improvement. The research method in this study was experimental and the design was pretest/posttest. To determine the impacts of crossword puzzle on improving spelling, 32 intermediate EFL learners were selected randomly. The data collection instruments and materials were a questionnaire for checking Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ perceptions of using crossword puzzles for improving spelling, a spelling test administered as pretest and posttest, and some suitable crossword puzzles designed by a software named Crossword Forge (Version 5.3), accordingto the words incorporated in the spelling test and the book taught in the English Language Institute. The results showed that applying crossword puzzles did improve the EFL learners’ spelling skills and analysis of the learners’ responses to the questionnaire determined that they had positive attitude towards using crossword puzzles and they were interested greatly in learning spelling applying crossword puzzle and female learners in the experimental group benefited more than their male counterparts from the treatment to enhance their spelling

کلیدواژه ها:

Game ، Crossword puzzles ، Spelling ، Intermediate EFL male and female learners