The effect of dialog journal writing on EFL learners’ grammar knowledge

dc.creator	Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi Rokni
dc.creator	Asieh Seifi
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:23Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:23Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/eabee5bcc8f6410e81ba32d35ad05814
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12753
dc.description	One way which teachers try to encourage students to become autonomous is by encouraging them to write journals.Students can write about their personal interests as it can improve students writing skills. The present study wasdone to investigate the impact of dialog journal writing on learners’ grammar development and their confidence.Two intact classes at Golestan University, Iran were randomly selected and assigned as experimental and controlgroups. The participants were 68 students who ranged in age from 18 to 23 and who regularly attended the generalEnglish classes for 12 sessions during the spring semester. The experimental group was instructed to write a journalevery session, overall twelve journal entries during the treatment, while the control group received the regularclass instruction. A pretest and a posttest were used to evaluate the participant's grammar skill before and after thetreatment. The results of the study revealed that journal writing had a significant positive effect on students’grammar knowledge and enhanced their confidence in writing. The findings also showed that EFL learners in theexperimental group overwhelmingly preferred the DJW project in improving their grammar knowledge.© 2013 The Authors and JLLS. Published by JLLS.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/vol9no2/57-67.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 57-67 (2013)
dc.subject	Dialog journal writing
dc.subject	grammar
dc.subject	confidence
dc.subject	EFL learners
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The effect of dialog journal writing on EFL learners’ grammar knowledge
dc.type	article