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Impact of Vocabulary Learning Tasks on Communicative Knowledge of Iranian EFL Learners with Different Proficiency Levels
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Esfahani, Fariba Rahimi |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | This paper investigated the effects ofreceptive and productivelearning from word pairsoncomprehension, and the use of taught words in writing in Persian EFLlearners with different proficiency levels. To this end, a quick Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered to the junior students population studying English teaching inKhorasganAzad university, and based on their OPT scores, two samples of 40 male and female students were selected and assigned to low intermediate and high intermediate group. The students in each groupwere randomly divided into two equal groups of 20 each. One group in each proficiency levelwas taught 15 target words receptively while another group learned the same target words productively. After the treatments, two tests measuring comprehension and writing were administered to each group. The Scores of the groups in each level wereanalyzed via a one-way MANOVA. The results indicated that both proficiency groups who had learned their target wordsproductively outperformed the receptive participants on the writing test significantly. Similarly, the receptive groups in both proficiency samples did significantly better on the comprehension tests than the productive groups. The findings of this study revealed that receptive vocabulary learning may be more beneficial to understanding a text and productive learning is more effective in improving the use of students’ taught words in writing.Moreover, it was found that proficiency would be of little significance in the interaction between vocabulary learning task and communicative gains of learners. The results of this study can benefit teachers and students to become aware of the merits and demerits of vocabulary learning tasks, and help them to select the tasks that best suit their needs. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.aensiweb.com/old/aeb/2013/2618-2627.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
