L2 proficiency level significantly influences Iranian EFL learners' overall appropriateness of apology speech act production¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Advanced experimental learners significantly outperformed intermediate experimental learners at both pre-test and post-test. → Rajabi et al. 2015

Evidence¶

Rajabi et al. 2015¶

Shima Rajabi, Akbar Azizifar, & Habib Gowhary. (2015). Investigating the of Explicit Instruction of Apology Speech Act on Pragmatic Development of Iranian EFL Learners. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.4p.53

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Independent-samples t-tests comparing the two experimental groups across proficiency levels (pre-test t=3.027, p=.025; post-test t=1.71, p=.047). The article states "the amount of mean differences were positive", with advanced participants performing better at both time points.

"Table 8 shows that there is significant difference between both intermediate and advanced experimental groups in pretest and post test results. Also, the amount of mean differences were positive"

Discussion¶

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