Visual and Auditory Input Enhancement and their influence over Cohesive Devices in writing: A case of Iranian EFL Field Dependent and Independent Learners

Writing has been a demanding skill for Iranian EFL learners since it needs accurate planning and acceptable coherence. The present study sought to probe the comparative effect of visual and auditory input enhancement on the use of cohesive devices in the writing of Iranian EFL learners. Participants of the study were 60 field dependent and 60 field independent language learners at intermediate level of language proficiency. To this end, the study adopted a pretest posttest design and data were analyzed through employing statistical test of ANCOVA. Results of statistical analysis showed that visual input enhancement was significantly more effective than auditory input enhancement in terms of their effects on the use of cohesive devices in both field dependent and field independent language learners. Results were discussed and implications of study were also presented