Title of article :
The Effect of Task Repetition on Iranian Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners' Writing Proficiency in TBLT
Author/Authors :
Afshar, Sanaz Department of Foreign Languages Shiraz Branch - Islamic Azad University Shiraz, Iran , Sadighi, Firooz Department of Foreign Languages Shiraz Branch - Islamic Azad University Shiraz, Iran
Abstract :
Abstract. Thisstudyinvestigatedtheeffectoftaskrepetitionon
the writtenlanguageproductioninTBLT,focusingontheIranianEFL
learners’performanceatthepre-intermediate.Theparticipantsofthe
study,whoseproficiencylevelwasprovedbytheinstituteentrance
exam,were40studentsselectedfromtheBastanLanguageInstitute,
Shiraz,Iran.Theacademicboardoftheinstitutedesignedandvalidated
the test.Itincludeddifferentparts:interview,pronunciation,transla-
tion, andreadingtest.Theyweredividedintotwogroupsofcontrol
and experimental.Apretest,includingatestofwritingbasedonthe
AmericanEnglishFile1book,wasadministeredtobothgroups.The
controlgroupwastreatedwiththeregularprogramwhiletheexperi-
mentalgroupreceivedthetaskrepetitioninstruction.Then,therewas
the posttest(thesameasthepretest)forbothgroups.Thedataofthe
presentstudywereanalyzedusingtheSPSSsoftwareversion20.De-
scriptivestatistics,thetestofNormality,andpairedsamplest-testswere
run toanalyzetheobtaineddata.Theresultsofthestudyshowedthe
positiveeffectoftaskrepetitionusingTBLTinthelanguagelearners’
writtenlanguageproduction.EFLteachers,EFLlearners,andsyllabus
designerscanbenefitfromtheresultsofthispaper.
Keywords :
writingperformance , iranianEFLcontext , taskrepetition , writtenlanguagepro-duction , TBLT , task , Pre-intermediatelevel
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
