چکیده:
The present study investigated school general English achievement and group work among Iranian junior high school students. The main question this study tried to answer was whether group work could enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students. To answer this question, 60 female learners were divided into experimental and control group randomly with 30 members in each after administering a general English test to 100 Junior high school females to release qualified intermediate learners. Then, the experimental group was broken into 6 groups including 4 learners in each to work cooperatively while the control group went on working conventionally. Firstly, each group received general English test such as reading, listening, writing, and speaking as pretest to figure out their current level. Then as treatment, experimental group took practices in all skills in group while the control group received a placebo. The students were asked to do the posttest. The average was taken to indicate students overall English language achievement of method of instruction in the general English course. By analyzing the scores of each single group on their posttest (Independent samples T-test) and also analyzing pretest to posttest scores of experimental and control group (Paired sample T-test), the null hypothesis of the study was rejected. It meant that the group work had a better performance in terms of the general English posttest.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"School General English Achievement and Group-Work: An Investigation among Iranian Junior High School Students Nasrin Mehrvarz Bahambari¹ & Ramin Rahimy ² 1 Department of English Language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, IRAN Email: nasrin_mehrvarz@yahoo.
com Received: October 17, 2016 Accepted: November 15, 2016 Online Published: November 18, 2016 Abstract The present study investigated school general English achievement and group work among Iranian junior high school students.
The main question this study tried to answer was whether group work could enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students.
4. Research Question of the Study Based on the literature that was reviewed in the study, this study aims to seek to the following question: Does group work enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students?
5. Hypotheses of the Study Based on the above research question, the hypothesis of the study is as follows: H0: Group work does not enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students.
The research question is presented bellow once more: H0: Does group work enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students?
At first, on the basis of research question, a null hypothesis was also proposed assuming that "group work does not enhance a higher general English achievement among junior high school students."