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ERIC Number: EJ1258629
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2630-0672
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The Effect of Scaffolding on Non-Proficient EFL Learners' Performance in an Academic Writing Class
Piamsai, Chatraporn
LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, v13 n2 p288-305 Jul 2020
The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of scaffolding teaching in an academic writing class where students were non-proficient writers. This was a challenging context in which identical content and assessment criteria were applied to students with various levels of proficiency. Scaffolding has long been considered an effective teaching approach to assist students in extending their competence in the Zone of Proximal Development. This study focused on academic writing in the Thai context and involved nonproficient EFL students. The participants in the study were 20 second-year Economics students enrolled in an academic writing course at a public university in Bangkok, Thailand. The teaching integrated cognitive, metacognitive and affective scaffolding into activities implemented in class. The results showed a significant improvement in the post-test scores in all aspects of writing competence, i.e. task completion, organization, lexical variety, and structural variety and accuracy. The students also revealed positive attitudes towards the use of scaffolding teaching in the writing class.
Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
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