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A Mixed-Method Investigation into the Effects of Planning Conditions on EFL Writing Quality: Learners’ Planning Strategies and Point of View Adoption under the Spot Light
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jahangard, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
Adopting a mixed-methods research approach, this study investigated the impacts of four task planning conditions, i.e. online planning (OLP), pre-task planning (PTP), combined pre-task planning and online planning (PTP+OLP), and no planning (NP) on written narrative output which was elicited by means of a picture composition from 80 female advanced EFL learners. The narratives were analyzed in terms of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF). Moreover, in the qualitative part of this study, how learners planned during pre-task planning time and the content of their narratives were analyzed. The results of the one-way ANOVAs showed that the PTP+OLP group produced significantly more complex,...