The Interaction of Gender with Text Enhancement and Meta-cognitive Grammar Instruction on Learning and Recall of English Grammar

International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research

مقاله 9، دوره 5، شماره 18، آذر 2017، صفحه 125-142   

نوع مقاله: Research Papers

نویسندگان

Laleh Davoodi¹؛ Roya Baharlouie^{* 2}

¹Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

²English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

چکیده

The current research was an effort to study the interaction of gender with text enhancement and meta-cognitive grammar instruction on learning and recall of English grammar. To this end, two groups of students consisting of 51 learners from both genders were formed. The participants were 51 male and 51 female learners. The 51 participants of each gender were further divided into two groups. Then, an OPT was administered to ensure homogeneity of the participants in terms of grammatical performance as well. Following that, two of the groups received text enhancement method and the other two groups received metacognitive instruction for learning grammar. Finally, the groups sat for a grammar posttest as well as a delayed posttest. When looking within groups, it was found the in metacognitive groups, males performed better on grammar posttest and delayed posttest in comparison with females. Regarding text enhancement groups, males and females did not significantly differ from each other both on posttest and delayed posttest. Finally, it was concluded that gender has the potentiality to affect the outcome of instruction when the role of input is considered in grammar instruction.

کلیدواژه‌ها

grammar؛ grammar instruction؛ text enhancement؛ metacognitive instruction؛ Gender