The Effect of Graphic Organizer Strategy on Improving Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Complexity of Written Performance

Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice

دوره 16، شماره 32، آذر 2023، صفحه 203-222   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/jal.2023.1993532.1514

نویسندگان

Maryam Hassanpour¹؛ Fatemeh Mirzapour^{* 2}

¹Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

²Department of English and Foreign Languages,Sofian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sofian, Iran

چکیده

Writing by which students can be assessed plays an important function in the education process. By considering this fact, investigating the impact of graphic organizer strategy on improving Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ complexity of written performance was the main goal of this study. 40 intermediate EFL learners were selected as the participants of the study on the basis of findings of Preliminary English Test. After that, they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. To assess the initial writing ability of participants, two groups were given a pre-test prior to the treatment. After applying traditional method to the control group and the graphic organizer strategies to the experimental group, both groups received a post-test to examine the effect of materials. To examine the effectiveness of the treatment, an independent samples t-test was conducted. To see the progression amount between pre-test and post-test of the experimental group, a paired samples t-test was also employed. The findings of the study indicated that graphic organizer strategies improved the learners’ complexity of written performance. The results have some implications for EFL/ESL teachers, students, test and materials developers, and syllabus designers.

کلیدواژه‌ها

graphic organizer؛ EFL learners؛ complexity؛ writing performance