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Post-covid 19 lockdown effects in EFL 3rd graders early writing skills at an elementary school in Guayaquil.
Autor
Mendieta Guamanquishpe, Pablo Andrés
Naranjo Reyes, Lindsay Janeth
Resumen
This research work is a descriptive study regarding handwriting issues among
third graders while they were receiving EFL writing lessons in a bilingual
elementary school once they returned to face-to-face instruction after the
pandemic lockdown in 2022. Bibliographic research was carried out on the
topics of early literacy and fine motor skills. Twenty-five female students were
subject of qualitative observation, and a handwriting skills test adapted from
three different sources was also applied. After the analysis was conducted,
several difficulties were discovered, including the following: keeping in the
boundaries of the writing and coloring lines when writing a text or drawing a
shape; usage of uniform sizing of letters; uniform spacing between letters;
problems with copying entire words without frequent glancing at the board,
among others. Finally, a handwriting recovery proposal was designed to train
students in fine motor skills, visual perception, eye-hand coordination, and
joined-handwriting scheme.