A children-literature-based EFL program significantly improved fifth-grade pupils' cognitive life skills versus control¶
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q3 i3 Fifth-grade EFL pupils taught through a children-literature program scored significantly higher than control pupils on a cognitive life skills situation test (η² = .73). → Abdelhalim 2015
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Abdelhalim 2015¶
Safaa M. Abdelhalim. (2015). Children Literature Based Program for Developing EFL Primary Pupils’ Life Skills and Language Learning Strategies. English Language Teaching, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v8n2p178
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Quasi-experimental study of 90 fifth-grade EFL pupils in three schools; ANOVA on the situation test post-test showed a large effect size (η² = .73) favoring experimental groups over control. The article reports "the proposed program had a large effect on experimental groups students’ life skills".
"Table 1 reveals that there is a statistically significant difference between the two Experimental groups, and the control group students’ mean scores on the post-administration of the three life skills measures and the language learning strategies questionnaire at the level of (0.01), in favor of the experimental groups"
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Related Claims¶
- The program significantly improved personal and social life skills versus control — related
- The program significantly improved pupils' use of language learning strategies versus control — related
- The program significantly improved linguistic life skills (oral interpersonal communication) versus control — related
- Teacher pre-training enhanced program effects on most measures but not on the cognitive situation test — related
- Pupils' life skills and language learning strategies improved significantly from pre-test to post-test within both experimental groups — related
- Pupils reported high satisfaction with the children-literature program — related
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