The Impact of Using an Infographic-based Training Program on Improving Visual Motor Memory Among EFL Students

Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the impact of an infographic-based training program on improving the visual motor memory among EFL students.

Methods/statistical analysis: The study used a semi-experimental approach and the program was applied on 60 EFL students enrolled in the schools of the Directorate of Education in Asir region, Saudi Arabia. The students were divided into two groups: an experimental and control groups. The researcher applied the training program on students after training the teachers on how to better utilize all the elements of the training program effectively.

Findings: The results showed statistically significant differences in the post-test of visual motor memory skills between the experimental and control groups, which were in favor of the experimental group. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the visual motor memory posttest due to the variables of gender and interaction between group and gender. The study concluded that using infographics enhanced the participants’ visual motor memory skills in learning English as a second language regardless of their gender, which indicates the appropriateness of the training program for such students.

Application/improvements: The study recommended this training program to be used by EFL teachers and EFL curricula designers to consider integrating infographics in the design of these courses.

Keywords: Infographics, VIsual Motor Memory, EFL students.