صفورا نجاریان، کارشناسی ارشد آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دکتر امید طباطبائی

نام و نام خانوادگی:صفورا نجاریان
عنوان پایان نامه: The Impact of Pre-Task Planning on Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency of Speaking Performance Among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners
رشته تحصیلی:آموزش زبان انگلیسی
مقطع تحصیلی: کارشناسی ارشد ناپیوسته
استاد راهنما : دکتر امید طباطبائی
چکیده:

Despite the growing popularity of paired speaking tasks in task-based instruction, the effects of pre-task planning on performance in them are not yet well understood. The present study was aimed at examining the effect of planning on oral performance of English language learners in pairs in terms of complexity, accuracy, and fluency, while they were engaged in performing a decision making task. Sixty Iranian intermediate EFL learners of Jahad Daneshgahi Language Institute, Isfahan, Iran, took part in the study. The participants, including both male and female students, were randomly divided into thirty pairs. They were given a dialogic decision-making speaking task on four topics. For two of the topics, they were provided with planning time, and for the other two no planning time was given. Their task-induced performance was recorded, transcribed, and rated for data analysis using paired-samples t-test and repeated-measure ANOVA. The results showed that planning was effective in enhancing the participants’ complexity and fluency but not accuracy. It was also found that planning differentially affected the three measures in the speaking performance of the participants, with complexity being most affected and accuracy the least. The findings have significant implications for pedagogical practice and task-based research giving more evidence in support of the validity of task-based language teaching in promoting real language use..

کلیدواژه: paired speaking task, planning, oral performance, complexity, accuracy, fluency