Scaffolding Advanced Writing through Writing Frames

Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice

مقاله 9، دوره 7، شماره 14، مرداد 2014، صفحه 146-169   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Sara Salehpour؛ Nasrin Hadidi^* ؛ Biook Behnam

Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

چکیده

Mastering writing has always proved an almost insurmountable barrier to EFL learners. In an attempt to alleviate problems advanced EFL learners have with writing, this study aimed at investigating the effect of scaffolded instruction through writing frames constructed from extended prefabricated lexical bundles. 40 female advanced English students, selected out of a population of 65, were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The participants of both groups were assigned a writing pre-test prior to any instruction, and a writing post-test following the twenty-session scaffolded instruction in both groups. The results revealed that the participants in the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in the control group as a result of the writing frames they were provided with. Overall, it is concluded that scaffolded instruction through writing frames can be a useful means of helping advanced students to improve their writing quality.

کلیدواژه‌ها

writer’s block؛ negative transfer؛ Zone of Proximal Development؛ lexical bundles؛ extended prefabricated lexical bundles

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