Investigating the effectiveness of summarizing, note-taking, and outlining on lexical and grammatical writing accuracy of upper elementary efl learners
| Autor | Somayyeh Khosravi - Puyan Taheri |
| Cargo | Qazvin Islamic Azad University - Inam Khomeini International University |
| Páginas | 41-48 |
QUID Nº30, pp. 41-48, enero -junio de 2018, ISSN: 1692-343X, Medellín-Colombia
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUMMARIZING, NOTE -TAKING, AND OUTLINING
ON LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL WRITING ACCURACY OF UPPER ELEMENTARY EFL
LEARNERS
(Recibido el 03-02-2018. Aprobado el 16-05-2018)
Somayyeh Khosravi,
Qazvin Islamic Azad University,
somayehkhosravi9696@gmail.com
Puyan Taheri,
Inam Khomeini International
University,
pt852564@yahoo.com
Abstract. This study investigates the effect of summarizing, note-taking and outlining on lexical and grammatical
writing accuracy of upper elementary EFL learners. To achieve the purposes of the study, 67 female students were
selected from 9 3 female students based on their performance on an oxford placement te st and were assigned to
three different experimental gro ups. Two parallel forms of the same test with the same content were devised. At
the beginning of the study, the first form was administered to evaluate the existing lexical and grammatical writing
accuracy of the students. The same content was taught by the teacher to the three groups throughout the 4-sessions
of treatment. Each group received three different types of treatments (summarizing, note-taking, and outlining)
with the same material. The three groups received the second form of the test as their posttest. SPSS software was
used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that there were significant differences between pretest and posttest
of the learners’ lexical and grammatical writing accuracy in the experimental groups, but the experimental group
which received note -taking treatment outperformed summarizing and outlining groups in the lexical writing
accuracy and the group which received summarizing treatment outperformed note-taking and outlining groups in
the grammatical writing accuracy. In other words note-taking and summarizing affect the Iranian upper elementary
learners’ lexical and grammatical writing accuracy respectively. Generally, the findings provide suppor t for
English teachers to use note -taking to enhance learners’ perfor mance on lexical writing accurac y and also it is
recommended to give learners summarizing assignments to improve their grammatical writing accuracy.
Additionally textbook writers and syllabus designers can use the findings of the study to write more fruitfully to
the learners. The results also work for students who want to find a creative way for self-study to improve their
lexical and grammatical writing accuracy.
Keywords. Summarizing, Note-taking, Elementary EFL Learners.
Citar, estilo APA: Khosravi, S. & Taheri, P. (2018). Investigating the effectiveness of summarizing, note-taking, and outlining on lexical and grammatical
writing accuracy of upper elementary EFL learners. Revista QUID (Special Issue), 41-48.
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