The effects of data driven learning on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development

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" The effects of data driven learning on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development "
Sepehri, Mehrdad

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	809194
Doc. No	:	TLets669068
Main Entry	:	Sepehri, Mehrdad
Title & Author	:	The effects of data driven learning on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development\ Sepehri, Mehrdad
College	:	University of Birmingham
Date	:	2015
student score	:	2015
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
Abstract	:	The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a Data Driven Learning (DDL) approach on Iranian EFL learners' writing skills development and their attitudes towards the approach. A pre-test post-test control group design supplemented by a set of interviews and a questionnaire was employed to collect the required data. The control group received instructions through a conventional method while the experimental group received a certain number of classroom concordance-based handouts in addition to the conventional method. It was found that the DDL group participants can improve their declarative knowledge more than the Non-DDL group. Regarding analytic scoring, the results show that the DDL participants have improved their ‘language use’ features more than the Non-DDL group. This finding has been supported by the results obtained from analysing the ‘Accuracy’ measures. In the CAF analysis, lack of improvement in 'Complexity' features of the learners' performance and slight regression in mean length of T units and mean length of clause was explained as an indication of a trade-off between accuracy and fluency. Results obtained from qualitative data showed the participants’ positive attitudes towards the DDL approach. It was also found that DDL-based materials can help teachers in getting learners involved with learning through 'noticing'.
Subject	:	LB Theory and practice of education; PE English
Added Entry	:	University of Birmingham