THE EFFECTS OF CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT TASKS ON IRANIAN EFL SPEAKING PERFORMANCE
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https://doi.org/10.22481/praxisedu.v16i37.6170Palavras-chave:
Tarefa convergente, Tarefa divergente, Desempenho de fala, Alunos de EFLResumo
O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar os efeitos de tarefas convergentes e divergentes no desempenho da fala dos alunos de EFL no Irã. A população inicial deste estudo foi de 100 alunos de EFL. Eles foram selecionados no Mahan language Institute localizado em Karaj, Irã. Todos os participantes eram do sexo feminino. A língua nativa deles era o persa. Após a administração do Teste Preliminar de Inglês (PET), 60 alunos que tiveram seu nível de proficiência intermediário com base nos escores do PET foram selecionados para o estudo. Em seguida, eles foram divididos aleatoriamente em dois grupos experimentais, a saber, grupo de tarefas convergente e grupo de tarefas divergente. Os resultados do estudo revelaram que ambas as abordagens têm diferentes níveis de impacto no desempenho da fala e tarefas convergentes e divergentes afetam diferentemente o desempenho da fala dos alunos intermediários iranianos de EFL. Os resultados demonstraram que a amostra que recebeu tratamento baseado em tarefas divergentes mostrou um desenvolvimento significativo em termos de desempenho na fala (do pré-teste M = 68 ao pós-teste M = 83).
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