The Role of Input Enhancement on Using Conjunctions in Iranian EFL Learners' Written Performance

Farnaz Sahebkheir; Hanieh Davatgari Asl

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The Role of Input Enhancement on Using Conjunctions in Iranian EFL Learners' Written Performance

Farnaz Sahebkheir, Hanieh Davatgari Asl

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 2)

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The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the input enhancement of three types of conjunctions on Iranian EFL learners to produce coherent and well-organized texts. Experimental group received an enhanced version of a model essay in which three kinds of conjunctions were bolded and underlined. Students were supposed to read these enhanced models and write summaries. Control group had the same materials without typographical modifications (i.e. there were no changes made to the text). The treatment was an eight session program. The researcher uses the mean number of conjunctions per T-unit for measuring the cohesive ties density both in the pre-test and post-test. In the post-test both groups wrote about the same topic. The results show that the experimental group outperformed the control group

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.19
Page(s)	115-120
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Conjunctions, Input Enhancement, Summarizing, Writing Skill

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Farnaz Sahebkheir

Department of English Language Teaching, Islamic Azad University, Ahar Branch, Ahar, Iran
Hanieh Davatgari Asl

Department of English Language Teaching, Islamic Azad University, Ahar Branch, Ahar, Iran

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