CDA instruction significantly improved EFL students' discourse analysis (interpretation) practice, the smallest gain of the three practices¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Discourse analysis (interpretation) questionnaire means rose from 2.89 to 4.01 and test means from 2.94 to 4.13, significant at .000, with the lowest mean improvement of the three categories. → Hazaea and AlZubi 2017

Evidence¶

Hazaea and AlZubi 2017¶

Abduljalil Nasr Hazaea & Ali Abbas AlZubi. (2017). Effects of CDA Instruction on EFL Analytical Reading Practices. Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 11(2), 88-101. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1171140

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Paired-samples t-test on the 14-item interpretation subscale in the same 43-student quasi-experiment; the questionnaire mean rose from 2.89 to 4.01, significant at .000. The article notes interpretation "scored the lowest mean (1.12) in improvement" on the questionnaire and 1.19 on the test.

"Discourse analysis (interpretation practice) in the post - questionnaire scored a mean of 4.01 compared to 2.89 in the pre- questionnaire with standard deviations of .445 and .410; respectively."

Discussion¶

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