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Abstract
The current study aimed at remedy preparatory school pupils’ EFL reading and writing difficulties using haptic virtual reality. To answer the questions of the study, the researcher adopted the quasi-experimental design. The participants included (64) pupils selected after administering a reading and writing diagnostic test to all second preparatory stage pupils (N= 200) from El Waay El Kawmy prep school, Shebin El Kom Educational Zone, Menofia Governorate. They were assigned to one experimental group and a control group. Each group consisted of thirty -two pupils each in a class. The instrument of the study consisted of a pre - post-test in reading and writing skills. Also, she designed a program based on haptic virtual reality to remedy reading and writing difficulties. The experimental group was taught through haptic virtual reality technology and the control group received regular instruction. The treatment took place during the first semester of the academic year 2021/2022. Then the data of the study were statistically analyzed. The findings revealed that haptic virtual reality technology had a large impact on remedying second year preparatory school pupils’ reading and writing difficulties, namely it decreased the difficulties of reading and writing some high frequency words, difficulties of reading fluently and incorrect rapid reading that resulted in a great improvement in comprehension and understanding. It remedied the difficulties of skipping words, difficulties of reading some polysyllabic words, difficulties with shape and size of letters and difficulties of space between letters that resulted in improvement in dictation and accurate writing. This study has also suggested that further researches should be conducted on the use of haptic virtual reality in remedying reading and writing difficulties in particular.
Key words: Haptic virtual reality, Reading and Writing difficulties.