Pictorial aids improve intermediate EFL learners' speaking proficiency compared with traditional instruction¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? After six sessions of picture-assisted teaching, the experimental group scored significantly higher on a speaking post-test than the control group. → Afraz 2018

Evidence¶

Afraz 2018¶

Afraz, S., Taghizade, L., & Taghinezhad, A. (2018). The Usefulness of Pictorial Aids in Developing Female Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Speaking Proficiency. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.1p.38

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Independent-samples t-test on post-test scores of 20 experimental and 20 control learners taught over six sessions; the article reports the difference as statistically significant (p=0.000), with "18.30 and.66" versus "15.05 and.34".

"the estimated mean and standard deviation of the subjects’ speaking skill in the experimental group amounted to 18.30 and.66 respectively and the estimated mean and standard deviation of subjects speaking skill in the control group amounted to 15.05 and.34"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The experimental group gained substantially in speaking scores from pre-test to post-test — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Student participation in speaking discussions increased after pictorial aids were introduced — related
• Teaching phrasal verbs through pictures significantly improves pre-intermediate EFL learners' active application of phrasal verbs in speaking — related
• Control group showed only slight speaking gains from pre-test to post-test — related