Before the intervention, the AWT experimental group and the traditional-instruction control group showed no significant difference on any of the five writing-skill criteria¶

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q2 i? Prior to the 8-week application, Mann Whitney U tests found the two groups' writing skills at similar levels on adequacy of word count, form of constructed sentences, punctuation, relevancy in writing and error count (p>0.05). → Nazife Burcu TAKIL 2016

Evidence¶

Nazife Burcu TAKIL 2016¶

Nazife Burcu TAKIL. (2016). The use of “ask, write, throw” technique as a writing skill practice when teaching Turkish as a foreign language. Educational Research and Reviews. https://doi.org/10.5897/ERR2016.2682

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Quasi-experimental pre-test comparison of 18 experimental and 17 control B2 learners, evaluated by three specialists on a five-criteria scoring key. The article reports the groups were "at similar levels (p>0.05)" on all criteria before the technique was applied.

"It can be observed from Table 4 that before the application of the technique, the relevant writing skills of both groups were at similar levels (p>0.05)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• After 8 weeks, the AWT experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group on all five writing criteria, with lower error count — related
• Learners attributed AWT's greatest benefits to socialization and vocabulary learning, and all 18 experimental participants found the technique helpful — related
• The experimental and control groups did not differ significantly on the Turkish grammar pretest, establishing homogeneity before the intervention — related