Title of article :
The Impact of Scaffolding Techniques on Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Ability
Author/Authors :
Pishadast, Azam Department of English Language - Islamic Azad University Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran , Mojavezi, Ahmad Department of English Language - Islamic Azad University Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran , Okati, Farideh English Department - Faculty of Literature - University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
Abstract :
Thepresentstudywasdesignedtoexploretheeffectivenessofmotivational,metacognitive,andtechnology-basedscaffoldinginde-velopingEnglishasaforeignlanguage(EFL)inIranianlearners’writingability.Asampleof60EFLlearnerswasselectedtoparticipateinthisstudywhowereselectedbasedontheirperformanceonthePreliminaryEnglishTest(PET).Theselectedparticipantswererandomlyassignedtothreeequalgroupstakingthepretesttomeasuretheirwritingabil-ityatthebeginningofthestudy.Inthetechnology-basedscaffolding,softwarewasdesignedbyacomputertechnicianconsistingofdiffer-enttasks.Inthemotivationalscaffoldinggroup,thewritinginstructionwasbasedonactivities,whichstimulatedlearners’motivation.Inthe metacognitivescaffoldinggroup,scaffoldedinstructionofwritingwasintegratedintometacognitivestrategies,whichwasdesignedtoassistlearnersinplanning,monitoring,andevaluatingascorecomponentsofmetacognitivescaffolds.Finally,theparticipantsofallgroupswereaskedtotaketheposttestofthestudy.TheresultsofstatisticalanalysesshowedasignificantdifferenceamongdifferentgroupsindevelopingIra-nianEFLlearners’writingability.Motivational-basedscaffoldingwasshowntobethemosteffectivetechniqueinenhancingEFLlearners’writingability.
Keywords :
Scaffolding , motivational-based scaffolding , metacognitive-based scaffolding , technology-based scaffolding , writing ability
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
