PE 44

كارشناسي ارشد

آموزش زبان انگليسي

پيام نور رشت

93/10/03

فريدون وحداني

هدي ديوسر

ŸCognitive style , Impulsivity - Reflectivity , EFL learners , writing skill gender

وحداني،فريدون , ديوسر،هدي

The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between cognitive style of learners, namely Impulsivity- Reflectivity and writing performance of the intermediate EFL university students whose major was English Translation. Moreover, the interaction of Impulsivity-Reflectivity cognitive style and gender in the writing skill was investigated. To this end, 36 male and female students from Islamic Azad University- in two branches of Lahijan and Rasht - participated in this study. The samples were selected according to their level of language proficiency. In order to make sure of the samplesʹ language proficiency and to have homogenous group, Quick Placement Test (QPT) was administered. To obtain Impulsivity – Reflectivity data, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11) was administered. Three writing tasks were given to the participants. Writing papers were corrected by two raters in order to ensure interrater reliability. Inter rater reliability was estimated by Pearson Correlation Test. The obtained data from writing tasks was analyzed by Chi- Square test along with Eta test. The analysis of the data revealed that the constructs of Impulsivity/Reflectivity were not related to the writing skill of intermediate EFL students of university. In addition, the analysis showed no significant relationship between Impulsivity/Reflectivity and gender in terms of writing skill through running Chi- Square test as well as Phi and Cramer’s V test.

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