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" Developing Iranian EFL Learners' Process Writing Through Dynamic Assessment "
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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| Record Number
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155518
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6964p
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6964
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| Main Entry
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Shahpiri, Maryam
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Developing Iranian EFL Learners' Process Writing Through Dynamic Assessment
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| Supervisor
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; Omid Tabatabaei
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| Advisor
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; Zahra Fotovatnia
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| College
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Isfahan Science and Research
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, 2014=1393
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| Degree
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M.A
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| field of study
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, Teaching English
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| College
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, Isfahan Science and Research
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, 1393/05/04, 1392/00/00
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xiii, 95p.
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| Note
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830
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| Abstract
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Applying dynamic assessment (DA) with its roots in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) in language classrooms offers new insights into language learning. The central feature of DA is the integration of instruction and assessment in one single activity. This study was an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of applying interactionist model of DA in Iranian EFL learners' writing classes. To this end, after conducting Interchange Placement Test (IPT) and then checking the participants' writing ability through developing a composition, 30 homogeneous intermediate EFL learners were selected. They were randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group. The participants in control group were exposed to process writing approach and finally received written feedback. The treatment group took part in a pretest-mediation-posttest design study, one of the models of DA, for each stage of process writing. The results revealed that the application of DA would lead to significant improvement in writing ability of EFL learners. In order to obtain the attitude of learners towards the application of DA, a questionnaire was also administered whose analysis indicated that learners had positive attitude toward using DA in L2 classes and then no plateau effect was observed during writing development in this study. The findings of this study can have useful implications for EFL learners, test designers and teachers..
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Developing Iranian EFL Learners' Process Writing Through Dynamic Assessment [Thesis]; Omid Tabatabaei; Zahra Fotovatnia
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| Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note
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Bibliography :p. 62-70
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