EFL students taught writing through a WhatsApp group outperformed textbook-taught controls on a sentence-structure post-test¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? After the WhatsApp writing program, the experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group on the sentence-structure post-test. → Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah 2015

Evidence¶

Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah 2015¶

Said Fathy El Said Abdul Fattah. (2015). The Effectiveness of Using WhatsApp Messenger as One of Mobile Learning Techniques to Develop Students' Writing Skills. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.32. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1083503

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Independent-samples t-test on the same two groups of 15; the experimental group (M = 14.46, S.D. 3.79) outscored the control group (M = 8.33, S.D. 2.69) on sentence structure, with the reported "t v alue was 5.105" exceeding the tabulated value.

"Comparing the t value between the experimental and control group in sentence structures shows that t v alue was 5.105 with the value of the tabulated t at the leve l (0.01) was .060."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Syntax — outcome: instruction changes it

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