Participants of the study comprised of 44 students from one language institutes with intermediate
level of language proficiency in Mashhad. They had been selected through a PET language
proficiency test and randomly assigned in two independent groups; the experimental group and
comparison group. The experimental group received reduction recast, while the comparison group
received non-reduction recast. They had four hours of English per week and totally they took part in
10 sessions of treatment. They were EFL learners with homogeneous language proficiency. Since the
gender was not considered as a moderator variable for this study, only male students were chosen.
Instrumentation
The following instruments were used to gather data at different stages of this study:
- A Preliminary English Test (PET) was used for homogenizing the subjects of this study in
terms of their general English proficiency. It was published by Cambridge English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL, 2006). The PET test consisted of four sections: reading
(35 items), writing (eight items),
listening comprehension (25 items), and speaking (four subparts).
- To make sure the participants in the two groups belonged to the same population in terms of
speaking ability, the researchers utilized the speaking
section of the PET as the pretest.
- After the instruction , another speaking posttest; similar to pretest, was administered to both
groups.
Participants of the study comprised of 44 students from one language institutes with intermediatelevel of language proficiency in Mashhad. They had been selected through a PET languageproficiency test and randomly assigned in two independent groups; the experimental group andcomparison group. The experimental group received reduction recast, while the comparison groupreceived non-reduction recast. They had four hours of English per week and totally they took part in10 sessions of treatment. They were EFL learners with homogeneous language proficiency. Since thegender was not considered as a moderator variable for this study, only male students were chosen.InstrumentationThe following instruments were used to gather data at different stages of this study:- A Preliminary English Test (PET) was used for homogenizing the subjects of this study interms of their general English proficiency. It was published by Cambridge English forSpeakers of Other Languages (ESOL, 2006). The PET test consisted of four sections: reading(35 items), writing (eight items),listening comprehension (25 items), and speaking (four subparts).- To make sure the participants in the two groups belonged to the same population in terms ofspeaking ability, the researchers utilized the speakingsection of the PET as the pretest.- After the instruction , another speaking posttest; similar to pretest, was administered to bothgroups.
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