The Effect of Vocabulary Strategy Training on EFL Majors' Quality of Writing

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

المؤلفون

Curriculum and Instruction (TEFL), Faculty of Education for Boys (Cairo), Al-Azhar University

المستخلص

تمحور الهدف الرئيس للبحث الحالي حول استقصاء أثر التدريب على بعض استراتيجيات تعلم المفردات في تنمية جودة الکتابة لدى طلاب شعبة اللغة الإنجليزية - الفرقة الثالثة بکلية التربية جامعة الأزهـر. وقد تبني البحث المنهج شبه التجريبي لتحقيق أهدافه من خلال استخدام تصميم المجموعة الضابطة ذي الاختبارين القبلي والبعدي، وتمثلت أدوات البحث في استبانة لاستراتيجيات تعلم المفردات، واختبار لجودة الکتابة ملحق به نموذج تقدير متدرج لجمع البيانات؛ حيث تم تطبيقه قبليًا وبعديًا على الطلاب عينة البحث بعد التأکد من صدقه وثباته، کما تمثلت عينة البحث في عدد 64 طالبًا من الفرقة الثالثة بشعبة اللغة الإنجليزية بکلية التربية بالدقهلية، جامعة الأزهر، تم اختيارهم وتوزيعهم عشوائيًا إلى مجموعتين: المجموعة التجريبية وبلغ عدد طلابها 32 طالبًا، والمجموعة الضابطة وبلغ عدد طلابها 32 طالبًا، ولقد أسفر التحليل الإحصائي للبيانات عن وجود فرق دال إحصائيًا بين متوسطي درجات مجموعتي البحث لصالح طلاب المجموعة التجريبية مما يؤکد فاعلية التدريب على استراتيجيات تعلم المفردات في تنمية جودة الکتابة؛ حيث کان حجم الأثر کبير طبقًا لمعادلة کوهين (d = 1.84)، وفي ضوء النتائج،أوصى البحث بضرورة توظيف استراتيجيات تعلم المفردات في تنمية مهارات اللغة الإنجليزية کلغة أجنبية، وبخاصة الکتابة.
 

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