The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman

This study is conducted to investigate the comparative effectiveness of two Focus-on-Form (FonF) tasks namely dictogloss (DG) and consciousness-raising (C-R) on young learners� English simple past tense. The participants were divided into three experimental groups (DG group, C-R group and control...

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Main Author: Siti Khadijah , Kamarulzaman
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Published: 2018
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description This study is conducted to investigate the comparative effectiveness of two Focus-on-Form (FonF) tasks namely dictogloss (DG) and consciousness-raising (C-R) on young learners� English simple past tense. The participants were divided into three experimental groups (DG group, C-R group and control group) where they received their respective treatment. Prior to the treatment, they sat for their prettest. Immediate posttest and delayed posttest were conducted after the treatment cycles. Results of the tests have shown significant intragroup effects of dictogloss and consciousness-raising on participants� comprehension, writing tasks and also their knowledge retention of English simple past tense over time. However, only comprehension test have shown significant intergroup (between groups) results with DG group performing better than C-R and the control groups. Interview with selected participants had also been conducted to look at the other factors that might influence these outcomes. These factors include motivation, learning styles, their affective filter and also their �noticing� awareness.
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spelling um-123022021-08-23T17:23:38Z The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman Siti Khadijah , Kamarulzaman P Philology. Linguistics PE English This study is conducted to investigate the comparative effectiveness of two Focus-on-Form (FonF) tasks namely dictogloss (DG) and consciousness-raising (C-R) on young learners� English simple past tense. The participants were divided into three experimental groups (DG group, C-R group and control group) where they received their respective treatment. Prior to the treatment, they sat for their prettest. Immediate posttest and delayed posttest were conducted after the treatment cycles. Results of the tests have shown significant intragroup effects of dictogloss and consciousness-raising on participants� comprehension, writing tasks and also their knowledge retention of English simple past tense over time. However, only comprehension test have shown significant intergroup (between groups) results with DG group performing better than C-R and the control groups. Interview with selected participants had also been conducted to look at the other factors that might influence these outcomes. These factors include motivation, learning styles, their affective filter and also their �noticing� awareness. 2018-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12302/1/Siti_Khadijah.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12302/2/Siti_Khadijah.pdf Siti Khadijah , Kamarulzaman (2018) The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12302/
spellingShingle P Philology. Linguistics
PE English
Siti Khadijah , Kamarulzaman
The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title_full The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title_fullStr The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title_full_unstemmed The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title_short The effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in English / Siti Khadijah Kamarulzaman
title_sort effects of focus-on-form tasks on young learners' comprehension and acquisition of the simple past tense in english / siti khadijah kamarulzaman
topic P Philology. Linguistics
PE English
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