Chart instruction significantly improved translation of the present perfect continuous sentence but not the two passive tense sentences¶

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q2 i? Teaching with the Comprehensive Charts was significantly related to correct translation of the present perfect continuous sentence (p < .05), but not to translation of the passive present perfect or passive future sentences, nor to the three sentences as a whole. → Tsai 2017

Evidence¶

Tsai 2017¶

Tsai, Min-hsiu. (2017). Reusing Comprehensive Charts of Tense Forms to Teach EFL Students in a University of Science and Technology. World Journal of Education, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v7n3p115

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Chi-square analysis of translation accuracy by instruction condition (N = 228). Q1 Pearson Chi-Square = 8.045, p = .005, with 60 of 120 chart-instructed students correct versus 34 of 108 controls. The passive present perfect and passive future translations did not reach significance.

"statistical analysis reveals that in the first sentence translation, teaching with the comprehensive charts does relate to the students' acquisition of the present perfect continuous tense form at the significant level (p ＜.05). However, the form-focused instruction is not statistically significantly related to the tense-form translation on the second and the third sentences"

Discussion¶

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