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Moradan, A., Hedayati, S. (2012). The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill. Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 3(8), 115-141.
Abbas Moradan; Seyyed Nasibeh Hedayati. "The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill". Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 3, 8, 2012, 115-141.
Moradan, A., Hedayati, S. (2012). 'The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill', Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 3(8), pp. 115-141.
Moradan, A., Hedayati, S. The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill. Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2012; 3(8): 115-141.

The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill

Article 6, Volume 3, Issue 8, Summer and Autumn 2011, Page 115-141  XML PDF (232 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
Authors
Abbas Moradan 1; Seyyed Nasibeh Hedayati2
1Associate professor at semnan university
2M.A student in TEFL at semnan university
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of portfolios and conferencing techniques on Iranian EFL learners' writing skill. The experiment involved Iranian intermediate students that were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The participants of the first experimental group were asked to provide portfolios of their 4 paragraphs during the course and after each paragraph they were supposed to assess themselves and answer a self-assessment checklist (they were supposed to write four paragraphs during the course). The participants in the second experimental group were asked to take part in four whole class and two individual conferences after writing each paragraph. The participants of control group based on the traditional approach just received their scoured writings without any oral and written feedback by the teacher. The result of the study showed that there was significant difference between performance of the two experimental groups and that of the control group on the post test. No significant difference was found between the performance of the two experimental groups after implementing portfolios and conferencing techniques
Keywords
: alternative assessment; portfolios and conferencing
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