Incidental focus on form via recasting during jigsaw retelling tasks improves EFL learners' overall grammatical accuracy¶

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q3 i? The experimental group receiving incidental focus on form via recasting significantly outperformed the control group on overall grammatical accuracy as measured by a 50-item grammatical judgment test. → Abdollahzadeh 2015

Evidence¶

Abdollahzadeh 2015¶

Abdollahzadeh, S. (2015). The Effect of Incidental Focus on Form on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Accuracy. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.5p.40

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A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control group study of 80 female EFL learners aged 16-18 found that the experimental group, which received recast feedback during jigsaw retelling tasks over eight sessions, showed a "positive effect of incidental focus on form on grammatical accuracy of L2 learners" compared to the control group, which received no feedback.

"The results at the end supported the hypotheses of the study and positive effect of incidental focus on form on grammatical accuracy of L2 learners."

Discussion¶

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