The Effect of Textual Enhancement Types on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Awareness of Simple and Complex Structures

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  • Lida Javadi1,
  • Bahram Bagheri*2,
  1. Department of English, Garmsar Branch,Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
  2. Department of English, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

Revised: 2017-04-11

Accepted: 2017-12-24

Published in Issue 2017-10-01

How to Cite

Javadi, L., & Bagheri, B. (2017). The Effect of Textual Enhancement Types on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Awareness of Simple and Complex Structures. Journal of Language and Translation, 7(3), 55-63. https://oiccpress.com/ttlt/article/view/15632

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of textual enhancement types on English as Foreign Language ( EFL ) learn er s ’ grammatical awareness of simple and complex structures. A nu m- ber of 104 learners from Ayandegan Institute, in Tehran, participated in this study. To homogenize the samples, the researchers administered a placement Michigan Test of English language to the pa r- ticipants . The participants were then divided into four groups, two experimental groups and t wo co n- trol groups. The two experimental groups went through enhanced forms of the texts containing si m- ple and complex structures, while the two control groups experienced unenhanced forms of the texts containing simple and complex structures. Before and af ter the treatment, a pretest and a posttest were run and the two reading texts with enhanced and unenhanced versions were used. The f indings showed that the textual enhancement had significant effect on learners’ grammatical awareness of simple and complex structures. There was also a significant difference between male and females’ scores in simple and complex structures.
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