Teaching communication strategies raises EFL learners’ classroom Willingness to Communicate more than regular instruction, with a large between-group difference (eta squared = .10)¶

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q2 i2 After CS training, the experimental group’s WTC scores were significantly higher than the control group’s, with a large mean difference (eta squared = .10). → Mesgarshahr and Abdollahzadeh 2014

Evidence¶

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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Quasi-experiment with 8 intact pre-intermediate classes (experimental N = 58, control N = 62) at a private language institute; independent-samples t-test on post-test WTC questionnaire scores showed the experimental group (M = 59.21, SD = 27.31) exceeded the control group, and the article prints the effect size eta squared = .10, calling "the magnitude of the difference in the means was large (eta squared = .10)".

"and control group ( M = 42.79, SD = 27.64), with t(99) = 3.48, p< .05. Furthermore, the magnitude of the difference in the means was large (eta squared = .10)."

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