ENHANCING 4TH GRADE STUDENTS' ENGLISH NARRATIVE WRITING SKILLS THROUGH SHORT SILENT ANIMATED VIDEOS: AN ACTION RESEARCH

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This article reports the impact of six short silent animated videos on the English narrative writing skills of fourth-grade students. The research employed eight weeks of action research with eight students at the A1 Level (CEFR) to analyse vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and creative writing. The researcher collected data through pre-tests and post-tests, weekly writing tasks, teacher reflection, and semi-structured interviews. Based on the research results, all the writing components have improved significantly. Nevertheless, the students enhanced lexical richness, grammatical accuracy, text cohesion, and spelling. Modal animated videos with short silent visual content improved students' storytelling imagination while enabling creative writing in narrative pieces. The research demonstrates how integrating visual media into writing education helps students to develop their language and narrative skills while learning English as a second language. Further research is encouraged to examine how this approach works across different learner groups through additional studies and review its sustained impact on writing growth.