Visual Aids to Improve Writing Skills of ESL Learners: An Experimental Study on Students of Primary School

In India, it has been observed that many ESL learners at Graduate level, especially those from vernacular medium schools do not have the required writing proficiency in English. It has also been noticed that at the school and college level, where the medium of instruction is mother tongue (L1), the basic standard of learners in English is not up to the expected level. In spite of learning English for about six to seven years and still being unable to write a paragraph correctly and coherently calls for an investigation. There is an extreme need to help these learners improve their academic writing in English. In order to address these facts, the study has been carried out and published in the form of a book. It intends to help ESL learners at the Primary level in Gujarati medium primary schools of Gujarat to improve their writing skill in English through strategic use of visual aids.