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- Title
The Impact of Practicing Autonomy on the Writing Proficiency of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners.
- Authors
Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Aeen, Laleh
- Abstract
The present study examined the impact of practicing autonomy on the writing proficiency of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. To this end, Preliminary English Test (PET) by Thomas and Sharon (2006) was administered to 92 intermediate language learners as a pre-test. Accordingly, 60 homogeneous learners comprised the research sample. The participants were randomly divided into two similar groups, one as an autonomous group and the other as a non-autonomous group. Each group consisted of 30 learners. The autonomous group practiced autonomy in writing and the non- autonomous group followed a traditional approach to writing. Then, the participants were post-tested on writing. In order to compare the results of the treatment in the autonomous group with the non- autonomous group, t-test was used. The null hypothesis was rejected because the autonomous group outperformed the non- autonomous group.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; LANGUAGE &; languages; IRANIAN languages; INDO-Iranian languages; LEARNING
- Publication
Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1345-8353
- Publication type
Article