A one-month intensive English program significantly improved general English proficiency scores of low-scoring Malaysian secondary students¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Low-scoring Form 4 students (n=30) scored significantly higher on the ELS placement test after completing a one-month intensive English program (p = .000 < .05). → Mukundan et al. 2012 q2 i? The mean difference between pre-test and post-test scores was 29.67 points (pre-test M = 49.5, SD = 4.04; post-test M = 79.17, SD = 3.37). → Mukundan et al. 2012 (2)

Evidence¶

Mukundan et al. 2012¶

Jayakaran Mukundan, Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati & Vahid Nimehchisalem. (2012). The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students’ Language Proficiency. English Language Teaching, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n11p1

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Paired samples t-test on pre- and post-test scores of 30 low-scoring Form 4 students following a single group quasi-experimental design. The article reports the difference was "statistically significant [t(29)= 31.74, p= .000 <.05]".

"According to the table, the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores was statistically significant [t(29)= 31.74, p= .000 <.05]."

Mukundan et al. 2012 (2)¶

Jayakaran Mukundan, Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati & Vahid Nimehchisalem. (2012). The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students’ Language Proficiency. English Language Teaching, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n11p1

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Descriptive statistics reported in Table 2 for the same 30 students. The article states "the students scored considerably higher at post-test ( M = 79.17, SD = 3.37)" compared to pre-test (M = 49.5, SD = 4.04), with a mean difference of 29.67.

"the students scored considerably higher at post-test ( M = 79.17, SD = 3.37) as compared with their scores at pre-test ( M = 49.5, SD = 4.04). There was a mean difference of 29.67 betw een the students’ scores in the two tests."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most low-scoring students were placed in level 103 (high elementary) of the CIEP following the placement test — related
• All 30 students passed their assigned CIEP levels and 17 students moved out of the elementary level by passing level 103 — related
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