The Effect of Paragraph Analysis Techniques on EFL Learners. Writing Performance and their Attitude: Aman Secondary School 11th Grade Students in Focus

      Аннотация: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of paragraph analysis techniques on EFL learners’ writing performance and their attitude. The study was carried out in Aman Secondary High School with special reference to grade11students. This research project wasquasi experimental in design. The intervention was conducted for two months and the data wasanalyzed using a t-test statistical procedure. In addition, questionnaire, and interviews wereemployed in order to obtain data required for the study. To conduct this study the sample population was composed of the students who were studying in 11th grade of four sections; the sample students distributed into 45 and 47 in each class and they selected purposively. They were divided into two groups: i.e. control group consisted 47 and experimental group comprised 45 students. The participants were pretested at the beginning of the study to make sure that they were homogenous. The test result of the pre-test showed that there was no significant difference in paragraphs analysis techniques of the students’ writing performance between the control and experimental groups prior to the experiment. <p>The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of paragraph analysis techniques on EFL learners’ writing performance and their attitude. The study was carried out in Aman Secondary High School with special reference to grade11students. This research project wasquasi experimental in design. The intervention was conducted for two months and the data wasanalyzed using a t-test statistical procedure. In addition, questionnaire, and interviews wereemployed in order to obtain data required for the study. To conduct this study the sample population was composed of the students who were studying in 11th grade of four sections; the sample students distributed into 45 and 47 in each class and they selected purposively. They were divided into two groups: i.e. control group consisted 47 and experimental group comprised 45 students. The participants were pretested at the beginning of the study to make sure that they were homogenous. The test result of the pre-test showed that there was no significant difference in paragraphs analysis techniques of the students’ writing performance between the control and experimental groups prior to the experiment. </p>

Ключевые слова: EFL Learners, Writing performance, teaching writing skills, writing and attitude, persuasive writing, coherence, adequate, development, descriptive writing, Narrative Writing, Expository Writing