The effects of explicit input-based focus on form on the comprehension and use of noun clauses by intermediate level efl learners at Atılım University

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Turan Eroğlu, Meltem

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This thesis investigates the effects of explicit input-based focus on form on the comprehension and production of noun clauses by the intermediate level students studying at Atılım University. To this end, a comparison was made between the comprehension and production scores of two groups of students from this context, one receiving explicit input-based focus on form (Group 1) and the other receiving no additional instruction other than the one suggested in the syllabus they were following (Group 2). Before and after this instructional intervention, both groups were given three different tests, namely an interpretation test (to evaluate how the students comprehended noun clauses), a production test (to evaluate how they used noun clauses), and a grammaticality judgment test (to evaluate the students‟ explicit knowledge of noun clauses). The comparisons between Group 1 and Group 2 revealed that explicit input-based instruction may have a power to influence the L2 learners‟ comprehension and explicit knowledge of noun clauses. However, the results indicated that this type of instruction may not be effective on the production of learners as it is on their comprehension of L2 forms.

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English., Teaching

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18863

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M. Turan Eroğlu, “The effects of explicit input-based focus on form on the comprehension and use of noun clauses by intermediate level efl learners at Atılım University,” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2009.