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The training pamphlet 'The Metafunctions and Their Applications'

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

The experimental group's instructional material was a pamphlet titled "The Metafunctions and Their Applications", composed of three chapters of up to 60 pages each. Chapter one introduced metafunction and the theoretician; chapter two explained the three metafunctions, of which only the textual metafunction section was taught, divided into subsections on Textual Metafunction and Components, and Cohesion and Coherence; chapter three taught how to write a standard three-paragraph essay in English. Exercises at the end of each chapter and section let participants check their understanding. The control group received a one-chapter pamphlet on writing a three-paragraph essay, similar to the experimental group's third chapter.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Sessions were held two sessions per week for a ten-week term, with exercises at the end of each chapter and section

Constraints

  • Only the textual metafunction section of chapter two was taught, since the study focused on its application

Target Learners

  • adult female intermediate EFL learners aged twenty to thirty-five

Learning Goals

  • writing a standard three-paragraph essay with improved cohesion and coherence

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Mandana Eftekhar Paziraie. (2013). The Effect of Textual Metafunction on the Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Performance. English Language Teaching; Vol. 6, No. 2; 2013. https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v6n2p71
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title The training pamphlet 'The Metafunctions and Their Applications'
description The experimental group's instructional material was a pamphlet titled "The Metafunctions and Their Applications", composed of three chapters of up to 60 pages each.
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