The experimental group's speaking fluency scores rose significantly from pre-test to post-test after lexical chunks treatment¶

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q3 i? Within the experimental group, mean fluency scores increased significantly from pre-test (9.980) to post-test (12.020). → Mohammadi 2018

Evidence¶

Mohammadi 2018¶

Mohammadi, M., & Enayati, B. (2018). The Effects of Lexical Chunks Teaching on EFL Intermediate Learners’ Speaking Fluency. International Journal of Instruction, 11(3), 179-192. https://doi.org/10.12973/iji.2018.11313a

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Paired-samples analysis of the experimental group (N = 30): mean rose from 9.980 to 12.020; paired difference mean -2.0400, t = -7.721, df = 29, Sig. (2-tailed) = .000, which the article notes is "less than 0.05".

"The results of applying paired samples t -test for comparing the means of experimental group learners’ pre -test and post -test scores indicated that there were significant differences between the performance of the learners in pre -test and post -test."

Discussion¶

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