The Effect of Length of Pre-task Planning Time on Discourse-analytic Measures and Analytic Ratings in L2 Written Narratives
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The favorable gains gleaned from the provision of pre-task planning time (PTP) have struck a chord with SLA researchers as they try to manipulate task features to promote language production and development. In a similar vein, the present study is a two-fold attempt to first compare the effect of the length of pre-task planning time on discourse-analytic measures in narrative written production of the Iranian intermediate EFL learners under (a) no planning, (b) three-minute PTP, and (c) ten-minute PTP c nditions and, second, to explore the impact of manipulation of time on scores assigned to learners’ output. Subsequently, discourse-analytic measures of accuracy, syntactic complexity, lexical complexity, and fluency were estimated. In addition, the subjects’ output was scored. The results showed that both groups of planners outperformed noplanners with regard to accuracy and fluency, but not complexity. However, the difference between the three-minute planners and ten-minute planners was not statistically significant with regard to the two production areas. Additionally, scores of the subjects in the three groups did not differ significantly. The fact that three-minute planners and their ten-minute planner counterparts did equally well in terms of all measures can indicate that in future studies, three-minute PTP can be allocated in lieu of the orthodox ten-minute PTP.
Source: The Journal of English Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2294091237