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The Impact of Planning on Accuracy and Complexity in Oral Production of Male and Female EFL learners

كارشناسي ارشد

آموزش زبان انگليسي

90/12/16

امير مهدوي

فريدون وحداني

Planning , Accuracy , Complexity , Oral production

مهدوي،امير , وحداني،فريدون

Over the years, researchers have been trying to help learners to approach a task in an effective way to promote their second language (L2) production and development. Researchers have found that giving planning time to learners can improve their L2 development (Foster & Skehan, 1996, Wendel, 1997). However, some current findings about task planning are non comprehensive and nonsystematic. To fill this gap, this study examined the effects of both planning conditions and gender on learnersʹ oral performance in terms of accuracy and complexity among 40 Iranian students at intermediate level. A total number of 40 participants based on an interview were selected for this study. After administrating an oral proficiency test and examining the homogeneity of the subjects they were divided into four groups in terms of planning time and gender. Based on planning conditions, the participants were assigned to planning and non planning group. Secondly, they were divided into male and female group. Independent sample t-tests were run to analyze the collected data. Results concerning the effects of 10-minute planning and no planning condition clarified that: 10-minute planning, in comparison with no planning time, improved the accuracy of participantsʹ oral performance; 10-minute planning, in comparison with no planning time, promoted participantsʹ oral performance in terms of complexity.Results regarding the effects of gender clarified that gender did not have any effect on the participantsʹ oral performance in terms of accuracy and complexity.

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