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Assistant professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
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Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
10.22132/tel.2009.128680
Abstract
The present study investigated the efficacy of task types on the vocabulary learning of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) whose opportunities for communication outside classroom context are limited. Moreover, the effectiveness of using Task-based Instruction (TBI) was investigated in this study. Data were collected from three classes of lower-intermediate high school students who were selected on the basis of availability and were taught for eight weeks. Each class was taught through one of three different task types: information-gap, opinion-gap, and reasoning-gap. The results of an achievement vocabulary test administered to the students of the three groups at the end of the instruction and a qualitative think-aloud report protocol analysis showed that the reasoning group outperformed the other two groups. Implications of the study are proposed for teaching and learning English as a foreign language in Iran.
Jalilifar, A., & Amin, F. (2009). Classroom Vocabulary Learning: Investigating the Role of Task Types on Iranian High Schools Learners of English as a Foreign Language. Teaching English Language, 3(1), 111-141. doi: 10.22132/tel.2009.128680
MLA
Alireza Jalilifar; F. Amin. "Classroom Vocabulary Learning: Investigating the Role of Task Types on Iranian High Schools Learners of English as a Foreign Language". Teaching English Language, 3, 1, 2009, 111-141. doi: 10.22132/tel.2009.128680
HARVARD
Jalilifar, A., Amin, F. (2009). 'Classroom Vocabulary Learning: Investigating the Role of Task Types on Iranian High Schools Learners of English as a Foreign Language', Teaching English Language, 3(1), pp. 111-141. doi: 10.22132/tel.2009.128680
VANCOUVER
Jalilifar, A., Amin, F. Classroom Vocabulary Learning: Investigating the Role of Task Types on Iranian High Schools Learners of English as a Foreign Language. Teaching English Language, 2009; 3(1): 111-141. doi: 10.22132/tel.2009.128680