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Welcome to International Journal of Research in Social Sciences & HumanitiesE-ISSN : 2249 - 4642 | P-ISSN: 2454 - 4671 IMPACT FACTOR: 8.561 |
Abstract
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF TASK TYPE ON IRANIAN L2 NARRATIVE ORAL PRODUCTION
Hanieh Azizi, Hooman Bizhani, Mohammad Reza Oroji
Volume: 6 Issue: 3 2016
Abstract:
The impetus of the present study was to scrutinize the impact of task types on Iranian L2 Narrative oral production. In order to homogenize the participants, Cambridge Placement Test including 120 items was taken from among 74 students of the Iran Language Institute and 44 of them were chosen. A dependent sample T- test was used to compare paired samples. The hypothesis focused on Descriptive and Summary types of task. L2 learners’ performance differs from task to task. Hence, L2 learners’ production would be different when they perform different task types and consequently these different types of tasks will result in variation. Therefore, in performing different task types, learners’ productions of some grammatical and phonological forms vary in particular manners.
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