Pictorial context improves ESP reading comprehension of Iranian university students majoring physics¶
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q2 i? After twelve weeks of instruction, the experimental group taught with pictures scored significantly higher on an ESP reading comprehension posttest than the control group taught with text only. → Seyyed Mahdi Erfani 2012
Evidence¶
Seyyed Mahdi Erfani 2012¶
Seyyed Mahdi Erfani. (2012). Pictures Speak Louder than Words in ESP, Too! English Language Teaching, 5(8). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n8p164
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Pretest-posttest equivalent-group quasi-experiment with 65 intermediate-level physics students at Damghan University; experimental group (N=29, M=25.58, SD=1.90) versus control (N=31, M=22.93, SD=2.21) on the posttest, with "a remarkable difference between the two groups at the posttest stage".
"Considering (t-observed = 1.16 < t-critical = 2.00) at the pretest and (t-observed = 4.08 > t-critical =2.00) at the posttest shows that a remarkable difference between the two groups at the posttest stage is obvious."
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Related Claims¶
- Experimental and control groups did not differ significantly on the ESP reading pretest — related
- Pictorial-context instruction was observed to increase student participation and interest in ESP classes — related
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