ERIC Number: EJ1075231
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Publication Date: 2015
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The Effect of Dynamic Assessment in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication on Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Ability at Upper-Intermediate Level
Heidar, Davood Mashhadi; Afghari, Akbar
English Language Teaching, v8 n4 p14-23 2015
The present paper concentrates on a web-based inquiry in the synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) via Web 2.0 technologies of Talk and Write and Skype. It investigates EFL learners' socio-cognitive progress through dynamic assessment (DA), which follows Vygotsky's inclination for supportive interchange in the zone of proximal development. Sixty adult EFL learners at upper-intermediate level were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. The participants in the experimental group were involved in dynamic assessment in synchronous computer-mediated communication for seven weeks. The results reveal that, through interactions in the ZPD, DA in synchronous computer-mediated communication lets us explore not only the actual level of learners' listening ability but also to diagnose and assess the potential level of their listening development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Alternative Assessment, Web 2.0 Technologies, Adult Students, Learning Theories, Pretests Posttests, Questionnaires
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Education Level: Adult Education
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