ERIC Number: EJ1282738
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Publication Date: 2020
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Dynamic Assessment and Its Impact on Pre-Intermediate and High-Intermediate EFL Learners' Grammar Achievement
Cogent Education, v7 n1 Article 1740040 2020
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an implicit kind of assessment that most teachers and learners engage in during class time. Although there exists a body of research on the promising effects of DA, the studies have not compared the results across proficiency levels. This study examined the effect of interventionist approach to DA on Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' grammar achievement at two proficiency levels of pre-intermediate and high-intermediate. To this end, 58 learners, in four intact groups namely pre-intermediate (31 students) and high-intermediate (27 students), were selected and randomly assigned to two quasi-experimental and two control groups. The data were collected through pretests, posttests, and semi-structured interviews. Using a pretest-mediation-posttest design, the participants in the quasi-experimental groups received mediation for eight sessions, whereas the control group participants were taught conventionally. Based on the results, when treated separately, there was a significant effect for the type of assessment, but not for proficiency levels. However, the interaction effect of type of assessment and proficiency level was significant, which meant that the effect of DA on grammar achievement was higher for pre-intermediate learners than it was for high-intermediate learners. Hence, DA could have a potentially positive and dramatic influence on EFL learners' grammar achievement, although the success of learning varied across proficiency levels.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Grammar, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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