scholarly journals Effect of Explicit Spoken Grammar Instruction on Raising Pre-Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Competence

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Bahram Mowlaie ◽  
Mona Mirzaei
Keyword(s):  
Native Speaker ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Educational Implications ◽  
Group A ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aimed at investigating the effect of explicit instruction of four main spoken grammar features of heads, tails, progressive past tense, and ellipsis on raising EFL learners’ awareness of them. The main impetus came from the fact that these features are usually ignored in ELT textbooks because nearly all grammatical points are restricted to written grammar. To this end, 23 female EFL learners in pre-intermediate level whose homogeneity was confirmed using KET test, were assigned to an experimental group. A pretest was conducted to determine their current level awareness of the spoken features aforementioned. A posttest was administered after 10 sessions of awareness-raising oriented instruction. The data analysis showed that it is both possible and potentially desirable to apply explicit instruction to raise learners’ awareness of aspects of native speaker spoken grammar to EFL learners. The study can have educational implications for language teachers and learners in EFL context.

The Effects of Communicative Pronunciation Instruction on Suprasegmental Performance in an EFL Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 860
Author(s):  
Nasrin Shah Mohammad Nazari ◽  
Atefeh Sadat Mirsaeeidi
Keyword(s):  
Language Production ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Read Aloud ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
Picture Description ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Learned Features

This study investigated the effects of communicative suprasegmental instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ pronunciation performance. To this end, 24 pre-intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to two groups: the experimental group receiving communicative pronunciation instruction in which after receiving conventional explicit instruction students were given communicative tasks to practice learned features, and the control group receiving only conventional explicit exercise-based instruction. The learners’ pronunciations were assessed in controlled read-aloud and communicative picture-description/picture-driven contexts in terms of two suprasegmental features (i.e. compound words stress and interrogative intonation). The results of the study revealed that the explicit exercise-based instruction was significantly effective in controlled contexts but modestly effective in communicative picture-description and picture-driven tasks. On the contrary, communicative pronunciation instruction was not only significantly effective in the controlled context but also in communicative tasks. This finding reveals that communicative suprasegmental instruction is more effective than conventional explicit instruction in both controlled and communicative language production contexts. In the end, some pedagogical implications of the findings are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Comparative Effect of Student Team-Achievement Division and Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition on EFL Learners’ Speaking Complexity

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeinab Ghasemi ◽  
Abdollah Baradaran
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Effect ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Cooperative Methods ◽  
Student Team ◽  
Experimental Group

The effectiveness of complexity acquisition to enhance intermediate learners’ speaking complexity, is particularly the focus of the present study. The participants of the present study, were 60 female EFL learners, who were selected from a larger population of 90 EFL learners based on their performane on a sample piloted PET test in Zabansara Language Institution. The total of 60 participants were divided into two experimental groups of 30. The experimental group of STAD (Student Team-Achievement Division), and the experimental group of CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition), which were both regarded as cooperative methods. The 10-session treatment, included focusing on complexities using STAD cooperative method instruction in one experimental group, and CIRC in the other. A post-test was administered to both groups at the end of the treatment,after applying the mentioned cooperative methods. The statistical analyses were conducted, and the gained results of the study indicated that CIRC had a significant influence on learners’ complexity learning. It concluded the importance of applying appropriate complexities in EFL context to developing speech naturalness.

scholarly journals Employment of English Language Teachers in an EFL Context: Perspectives From School Administrators

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Sibel Tatar
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Expatriate Teachers

This paper presents a study on the employment criteria used by school administrators and their views on the strengths and weaknesses of local teachers and expatriate teachers. This study aimed to provide a perspective on the issue from an English as a foreign language context. Questionnaires collected from administrators of 94 private primary and high schools in Istanbul were analyzed. Although being a native speaker of English ranked seventh out of the eight criteria, the presence of expatriate teachers in a school was considered important. In addition, participants from schools that employed both expatriate and local teachers attributed more importance to the native-speakerness criterion. Finally, administrators found local teachers more knowledgeable in teaching methods, whereas expatriate teachers were perceived as better in language use.

A Comparative Study on the Effect of Pre-instruction and While-instruction Alphabet Teaching in EFL Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Ghaffar Maleki ◽  
Nava Nourdad
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Elementary Classes ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study was designed to specifically compare two methods of presenting the alphabet in Iranian guidance schools (an equivalent for middle school in other countries), namely pre-instruction and while-instruction to see if any of them is more successful in learners' alphabet learning.To this end, a quasi-experimental research design with two experimental groups including a pre-test and a post-test was set.The existing four intact classes were randomly assigned as two groups of pre-instruction(N=47)and while-instruction (N=43) experimental groups.Both groups followed alphabet learning process for six months. One of the researcherswas the teacher of the two groups and taught the alphabet through pre-instruction presentation to the first experimental group, andthrough while-instruction to the second experimental group. By accomplishing the treatment, the post-test was given to both groups. The results of independet-samples t-test indicated that while-instruction method for teaching alphaebt was much more beneficial than pre-instruciton. Language teachers can benefit from this finding in their elementary classes.

scholarly journals The Impact of Individualized Homework Assignment on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Motivation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Hamed Abbasi Mojdehi ◽  
Davood Taghipour Bazargani
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
American English ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Private Language ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Age Range ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of applying individualized homework assignments on Iranian intermediate level EFL learners’ motivation. To achieve this objective, 60 learners in the 16-21 age range who were studying at two private language institutes in Rasht, Iran, were selected from 122 participants based on their performance on QPT. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. A pretest piloted before with an accepted reliability index was administered to both groups. Next, the experimental group received the treatment for 20 sessions (doing homework materials specifically designed based on each learner’s interests and preferred learning style). Meanwhile, the control group received a placebo which was the use of exercises in the workbook of the coursebook American English File 3 (Second Edition) as homework assignments. The posttest of motivation was then administered to both groups. The results showed significantly higher scores on motivation test for experimental group at the end of the course. Based on the findings of this study, language teachers can utilize individualized homework assignments to motivate their learners for doing their homework more willingly.

The Effect of Employing Electronic Portfolio on Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Skill

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nona Masaeli ◽  
Azizeh Chalak
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Electronic Portfolio ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Experimental Group

A superior method of language teaching is what all researchers and language teachers look for. In order to facilitate the process of language learning, technological tools can be helpful. The present study aimed to investigate the effect to employing electronic portfolio on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill in a language institute in Isfahan, Iran in summer 2014. To find the homogeneity of subjects, the Oxford Quick Placement Test was administered and the subjects were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the treatment which was employing the electronic portfolio, while the control group had the conventional context of language classes. At the end of the study, the obtained scores on the pretests and post-tests were analyzed. Independent t-tests were run to compare the collected scores in the two groups. The results of the study showed significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. The findings of the study can bear implications for EFL student, teachers, policy makers, university and institute organizations, and syllabus designers.

scholarly journals Reading Comprehension: Blog Exposure in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Context of Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Najmeh Rafiee Moghadam ◽  
Mehry Haddad Narafshan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Reading Test Scores ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aims to provide experimental evidence on exploring the blogs to develop Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension. To this end, forty intermediate female learners after taking the placement test were randomly assigned to control and experimental group. After twenty two sessions of blog exposure, a comparison of the reading test scores of the control and experimental groups revealed that EFL learners favor surfing the blogs which can act as an effective strategy of improving their reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Explicit Grammar Instruction Enhance Students’ Reading Ability on Cognitive Aspect

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Yudha Aprizani ◽  
Neneng Islamiah ◽  
Faoyan Agus Furyanto
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This research aimed to find out the result of comparison between experimental and control group whether explicit instruction has influence in enhancing student’s cognition in language grammar on reading skills at MTS Al Muddakir Banjarmasin. The number of participants taken by researcher are 20 students either experimental and control group. The collecting of data used by researcher is to apply an essay test and reading texts. Researchers build up the test of instrument validity and reliability before the instruments are tested in experimental group. Then, researcher did independent sample t-test untuk find out the mean score of cognitive ability of students in language grammar on reading skills. The result of finding gained by research stated that sig (2-tailed) 0.000 is less than 0.05. it meant that there is difference of influencing cognitive ability of students in language grammar on reading skills but in independent sample t-test, the result is 0.164 > 0,05. It can be concluded that it meant that there is no difference of mean score of cognitive ability of students on experimental group but for the influence of explicit instruction that resulted in paired sample t-test, there is difference of influencing the result of cognitive ability of students in reading skills.

scholarly journals Grammar instruction through multinational telecollaboration for pre-service teachers

ReCALL ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Wach ◽  
De Zhang ◽  
Kristen Nichols-Besel
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Online Exchanges

Abstract Recognizing the importance of multinational telecollaboration and form-focused instruction in computer-assisted language learning teacher education, this article investigates teaching English grammar through a seven-week-long telecollaborative project with 41 pre-service language teachers from the United States (US), Poland, and China. The telecollaboration was a pedagogical intervention in which the US participants taught grammar to their non-native-speaker peers. Specifically, the study aimed to trace pre-service teachers’ grammar instruction techniques applied in the communication-oriented context of online exchanges and responses to this instruction, the grammar forms attended to in the exchanges, and the participants’ evaluations of the usefulness of telecollaboration for teaching and learning grammar. Utilizing data from the participants’ emails and results of a post-project survey, this mixed methods study reveals that (1) the implicit technique of modeling was the most frequently applied; (2) the grammatical forms used in both implicit and explicit teaching reflected the communicative orientation of the exchanges; (3) the levels of uptake (i.e. attempts to follow the models provided in the input), and the forms attended to by the learners, reflected their proficiency levels and linguistic background; and (4) participants reported positive opinions about the value of telecollaboration in grammar instruction and in teacher training. The data thus underscore the benefits of online exchanges in giving prospective teachers hands-on experience with communicative grammar teaching.

scholarly journals Comparing Accuracy and Durability Effects of Jigsaw Versus Input Flood Tasks on the Recognition of Regular Past Tense /-ed/

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402091950
Author(s):  
Soheil Rahimi ◽  
Moussa Ahmadian ◽  
Majid Amerian ◽  
Hamid Reza Dowlatabadi
Keyword(s):  
Comparison Group ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Versus Input ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigated the effects of input flood tasks, as focused tasks, and Jigsaw tasks, as unfocused tasks, on promoting Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ recognition of regular past tense /-ed/ in terms of accuracy and durability. Accordingly, using a quasi-experimental study, two intact university classes including 62 participants were randomly designated to experimental and comparison groups. The participants were homogenized regarding their language and grammar proficiency levels. The experimental group was instructed through input flood tasks and the comparison group through Jigsaw tasks. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) analysis showed that although both groups’ mean accuracy scores were improved on the immediate posttest, the experimental group outscored the comparison group. However, the results of the delayed posttest demonstrated that whereas the comparison group maintained their accuracy level over time, the experimental group’s accuracy mean score dropped. It can be postulated that input flood tasks may promote learners’ recognition accuracy of second language forms immediately, but this effect may gradually diminish. Hence, it can be tentatively concluded that Jigsaw tasks result in more durable gains than input flood tasks. The findings imply that when the goal of grammar instruction is to achieve durable effects, unfocused tasks should be integrated with focused tasks in the syllabus.

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