UNVEILING THE EFFICACY OF VISUAL-BASED INSTRUCTION FOR AUGMENTING ORAL PROFICIENCY: AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES

Abstract

This research investigated whether or not describing picture strategy can help eighth-grade students improve their speaking skills. The study aims to uncover the efficacy of image-based learning in augmenting oral skills and delve into cognitive mechanism supports to advance speaking skills. Applying a mixed method approach two instruments were used to collect the data, test, and observation checklist. This research was using eighth-grade students of a nonpublic school in the Sambrial locale of Sialkot which consists of 10 students. The scholar started with the pre-test by giving the students a pre-test total points of the pre-test were 359 and no student achieved the passing criteria. After finishing with the pre-test, the researcher continued to start with post-test 1. In this phase, the researcher trained the student in describing image-based techniques. The total points of the students’ post-test 1 was 730 students has passed the criteria. There was massive progress in phase one but there was no significant, and the investigator stepped forward to the second phase of post-test. In the second post-test, the investigator did a similar trial and the student's total points were 859 students who passed the criteria total points for each class took 45 minutes duration, and after one week of each test phase then the next phase started. The researcher realized that students’ improvement had achieved the analyst’s goal of upgrading oral proficiency was achieved so it can be concluded that the implementation of describing images schema was successful in advancing students’ oral skills at the eighth-grade students of Sambrial, Sialkot. The results are expected to offer significant experiences into the educational advantages of fusing visual-based guidance in language learning, especially in cultivating effective oral relational abilities among understudies at this crucial development stage.