EFFECT OF LEARNER PROFICIENCY LEVELS ON METHODOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS: CASE OF STAD AND WEBQUEST (STADIBTM)

• Authors: Awada Ghada , Burston Jack
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study set to investigate the critical importance of integrating Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and WebQuest, STADIBTM for short, on developing the advanced-level argumentative writing skills of L2 English university students. The study employed a pre-post-test comparison of the experimental group (N=54) versus the control group (N=24). The data from the study have been systematically reanalysed to evaluate in detail how the initial learner proficiency levels correlated with improvements in the specific areas covered by the evaluation rubric that guided the collaborative writing activities of experimental group students.

Keywords

EN

Proficiency; second language acquisition; Student Team Achievement Division (STAD); WebQuest

• Publisher: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group & University of Nicosia
• Journal: Teaching English with Technology
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 63-84

Contributors

author

Awada Ghada

• Lebanese American University

author

Burston Jack

• Cyprus University of Technology

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