Control-group learners showed no statistically significant change in Willingness to Communicate from pre-test to post-test¶
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q2 i? A paired-samples t test found no statistically significant WTC change for the control group between pre-test and post-test. → Mesgarshahr and Abdollahzadeh 2014
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Mesgarshahr and Abdollahzadeh 2014¶
Abulfazl Mesgarshahr, Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh. (2014). The impact of teaching communication strategies on EFL learners’ Willingness to Communicate. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2014.4.1.4
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Paired-samples t test within the control group, which followed the regular EFL curriculum with no CS treatment, showed "no statistically significant difference in WTC s c o r e s f o r t h e c o n t r o l g r o u p" from pre-test to post-test (t (52) = 1.27, p > .05). No effect size is printed; equivalence was not tested.
"Table 3 shows that there was no statistically significant difference in WTC s c o r e s f o r t h e c o n t r o l g r o u p b e t w e e n t h e i r p e r f o r m a n c e s o n t h e p r e - t e s t (M = 37.17, SD = 24.41) and post-test (M = 43.79,SD = 28.59), with t (52) = 1.27, p > .05."
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Related Claims¶
- Experimental-group learners became significantly more willing to communicate after receiving communication strategy training — related
- Before treatment, experimental and control groups did not differ significantly in Willingness to Communicate — related
- Teaching communication strategies raises EFL learners’ classroom Willingness to Communicate more than regular instruction, with a large between-group difference (eta squared = .10) — related
- Participation in interpersonal audio discussions produced no statistically significant changes in overall willingness to communicate, though most students reported unchanged or increased WTC — related
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