چکیده:
There is growing interest in integrating scaffolding in educational decisions everywhere including Iran. Drawing on sociocultural theory, this quasi-experimental study was aimed to determine the effect of technology-, motivational-, and metacognitive-based scaffolding on improving Iranian adult advanced EFL learners’ speaking. A sample of 90 advanced EFL learners was selected non-randomly based on their performance on Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) from two language institutes in Tehran, Iran during the summer and autumn semesters of 2019. The selected participants were randomly assigned to three equal groups. IELTS was used to compare their language proficiency at the beginning and the end of the study. Scaffolding provided conditions for learners to highly engage in speaking activities. The results of paired-sample t-tests revealed a significant improvement in the speaking scores of the three study groups. The results of the one-way ANOVA and Scheffe post-hoc tests indicated that motivational-based scaffolding was more conducive to enhance Iranian EFL learners’ speaking. The results of this study showed the positive impacts of integrating scaffolding into different language learning strategies, and this may carry pedagogical implications for both language teachers and learners.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Comparative Effects of Technology-, Motivational-, and Metacognitive- based Scaffolding on Male and Female Iranian Adult Advanced EFL Learners’ Speaking Sanaz Jafari1, Mohammad Reza Talebinejad1,2,*, Saeed Ketabi1,2 1 Department of English, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran 2 Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Isfahan Submission date: 15 October, 2020 Acceptance date: 23 January, 2021 Abstract There is growing interest in integrating scaffolding in educational decisions everywhere including Iran.
Drawing on sociocultural theory, this quasi-experimental study was aimed to determine the effect of technology-, motivational-, and metacognitive-based scaffolding on improving Iranian adult advanced EFL learners’ speaking.
Since developing language proficiency is the most prominent purpose of EFL learners, it seems that the present study could fill the gap in the literature by providing a more comprehensive picture concerning the use of effective scaffolding strategies.
05 To address the first research question of the study in finding the effect of the TBS on Iranian advanced EFL learners’ speaking ability, a paired sample t-test was performed between the scores of the TBS group in the pretest and the posttest.
To address the second research question of the study in finding the effect of MeBS on Iranian advanced EFL learners’ speaking ability, a paired sample t-test was performed between the pretest and posttest scores of the learners.
To address the third research question of the study in finding the effect of MoBS on Iranian advanced EFL learners’ speaking ability, a paired sample t-test was performed between the pretest and posttest scores of learners.