EFL learners receiving proactive intensive FFI significantly outperform no-FFI control learners on grammatical knowledge¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 Across both proficiency levels, the FFI experimental groups scored significantly higher than the control groups on the grammar posttest. → Rooholamin et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Rooholamin et al. 2016¶

Amir Rooholamin, Reza Biria & Hamid Reza Haghverdi. (2016). Effectiveness of Proactive Intensive FFI in Cultivating Grammatical Knowledge of Iranian EFL Learners at Different Proficiency Levels. English Language Teaching, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n3p197

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Two-way ANOVA on posttest grammar scores of 110 learners in FFI (EG, n = 57) versus no-FFI (CG, n = 53) groups. The Groups effect was significant, p = .000, partial η² = .201; descriptive means were 16.14 (EG) versus 14.50 (CG).

"the p value corresponding to Groups was smaller than the significance level (i.e. .000 < .05), which gives rise to the conclusion that EG learners significantly outperformed CG learners."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Proactive intensive FFI significantly improves the grammatical knowledge of both intermediate and advanced Iranian EFL learners — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Proactive intensive FFI benefits intermediate EFL learners' grammatical knowledge more than advanced learners' — related
• Proficiency level and input delivery method (FFI vs. no-FFI) interact significantly in their effect on grammatical knowledge — related