A Comparison of Writing Performance on Independent and Integrated Writing Tasks

International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research

مقاله 4، دوره 6، شماره 24، خرداد 2018، صفحه 53-65   

نوع مقاله: Research Papers

نویسندگان

rahil sheibani¹؛ Alireza Ahmadi^{* 2}

¹Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran

²English Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

Researchers and scholars have been attracted by the idea of using integrated writing task along with independent writing task to best assess the EFL learners’ writing competence. This study was conducted to compare the writing performance of EFL students in integrated and independent writing tasks. It also aimed to find out if writing performance varies with task types. A number of thirty Iranian EFL students participated in this study, and each student wrote on two writing tasks of IELTS Academic module. The written essays were rated by three experienced raters using IELTS rubrics. Paired sample t-tests revealed that test takers performances did not differ significantly across these two tasks. Besides, two one-way ANOVAs indicated the difference between the raters in rating integrated writing task while they were not performed differently in rating independent task. The results are followed by a number of suggestions with the aim of improving the EFL students’ performance in writing skill.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Writing competence؛ academic writing tasks؛ Iranian EFL learners؛ independent writing task؛ integrated writing task