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Modified Top Notch series with conversations omitted and problem-scenarios added for cognition-based PBL instruction

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Description

The experimental treatment material was the Top Notch series by John Saslow and Alan Ascher, modified by the researcher "to make it compatible with cognition-based teaching approach". The article states "The main difference was omission of conversations and adding problem-scenarios instead." The unmodified series, used in the control group, focuses on communication and contains standardized and natural conversations, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary sections.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Problem-scenarios designed so learners cannot decode the problem from its description
  • A defined tutorial process, built on Scott's (2004) model, piloted before data collection

Constraints

  • The article states the teaching process designed for this study is in no way claimed to be perfect and should be enhanced by future researchers

Target Learners

  • intermediate adult EFL learners aged 17-21 at a language institute

Learning Goals

  • speaking proficiency across pronunciation, fluency and coherence, lexical resources, and grammatical accuracy

Claims

  • Pbl Outperforms Objective Based Tasks Speaking [+M]

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Loghman Ansarian, Ali Akbar Adlipour, Mehrnoush Akhavan Saber, Elmira Shafiei. (2016). The Impact of Problem-Based Learning on Iranian EFL Learners' Speaking Proficiency. Advances in Language and Literary Studies 7(3). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.3p.84
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title Modified Top Notch series with conversations omitted and problem-scenarios added for cognition-based PBL instruction
description The experimental treatment material was the Top Notch series by John Saslow and Alan Ascher, modified by the researcher "to make it compatible with cognition-based teaching approach".
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