The effects of data driven learning on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Sepehri, Mehrdad
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Birmingham
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2015
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Thesis (Ph.D.)
امتياز متن
2015
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a Data Driven Learning (DDL) approach on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development and their attitudes towards the approach. A pre-test post-test control group design supplemented by a set of interviews and a questionnaire was employed to collect the required data. The control group received instructions through a conventional method while the experimental group received a certain number of classroom concordance-based handouts in addition to the conventional method. It was found that the DDL group participants can improve their declarative knowledge more than the Non-DDL group. Regarding analytic scoring, the results show that the DDL participants have improved their 'language use' features more than the Non-DDL group. This finding has been supported by the results obtained from analysing the 'Accuracy' measures. In the CAF analysis, lack of improvement in 'Complexity' features of the learners' performance and slight regression in mean length of T units and mean length of clause was explained as an indication of a trade-off between accuracy and fluency. Results obtained from qualitative data showed the participants' positive attitudes towards the DDL approach. It was also found that DDL-based materials can help teachers in getting learners involved with learning through 'noticing'.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
LB Theory and practice of education; PE English
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )