Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging

This study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of interactive text-messaging in learning English phrasal verbs by Iranian EFL learners. The study employed a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design with two experimental groups exposed to two learning conditions (paper-based and S...

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Main Authors: Abadikhah, Shirin, Rastegar, Sanaz
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10461/
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author Abadikhah, Shirin
Rastegar, Sanaz
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description This study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of interactive text-messaging in learning English phrasal verbs by Iranian EFL learners. The study employed a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design with two experimental groups exposed to two learning conditions (paper-based and SMS-based) and a control group. Forty-eight EFL learners were assigned into two experimental and one control group(s). The participants in each experimental group were divided into four smaller groups and performed an interactive task (i.e.,expand the story) in two different ways. The results indicated that although both groups improved significantly from pre-test to post-test and did significantly better than their counterparts in the control group, the SMS-based group outperformed the paper-based group in learning English phrasal verbs. Furthermore, the results of the delayed post-test showed that the participants in the SMS-based group had significantly more vocabulary gains than their paper-based counterparts.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:104612017-06-12T15:36:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10461/ Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging Abadikhah, Shirin Rastegar, Sanaz This study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of interactive text-messaging in learning English phrasal verbs by Iranian EFL learners. The study employed a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design with two experimental groups exposed to two learning conditions (paper-based and SMS-based) and a control group. Forty-eight EFL learners were assigned into two experimental and one control group(s). The participants in each experimental group were divided into four smaller groups and performed an interactive task (i.e.,expand the story) in two different ways. The results indicated that although both groups improved significantly from pre-test to post-test and did significantly better than their counterparts in the control group, the SMS-based group outperformed the paper-based group in learning English phrasal verbs. Furthermore, the results of the delayed post-test showed that the participants in the SMS-based group had significantly more vocabulary gains than their paper-based counterparts. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10461/1/14044-38543-1-SM.pdf Abadikhah, Shirin and Rastegar, Sanaz (2016) Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging. Jurnal Pendidikan Malaysia, 41 (1). pp. 79-85. ISSN 0126-6020 / 2180-0782 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jpend/issue/view/800
spellingShingle Abadikhah, Shirin
Rastegar, Sanaz
Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title_full Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title_fullStr Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title_full_unstemmed Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title_short Learning English phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
title_sort learning english phrasal verbs through interactive text-messaging
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10461/
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