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Intl. Res. J. Appl. Basic. Sci. Vol., 4 (2), 393-401, 2013Table 6. Post-Hoc Scheffe Test Results for Comparing the Posttest Writing Scores of the Four GroupsMean95% Confidence Interval(I) Groups (J) Groups Difference Std. Error Sig.(I-J)Lower Bound Upper BoundCtrlConGWBGHG-2.04630*-2.35000*-4.43182*.69831.71133.73470.041.016.000-4.0342-4.3750-6.5234-.0584-.3250-2.3403ConGWBGHGCtrlGWBGHGCtrlGConGHGCtrlGConGHG2.04630*-.30370-2.38552*2.35000*-.30370-2.38552*4.43182*2.38552*2.08182*.69831.69087.71491.71133.69087.72764.73470.71491.72764.041.979.014.016.979.048.000.014.048.0584-2.2705-4.4207.3250-1.6631-4.15332.3403.3503.01044.03421.6631-.35034.37502.2705-.01046.52344.42074.1533Table 6 indicates that there is a difference between the control group on the one hand and the other threeexperimental groups on the other. Hence, the first question of the study is answered, i.e. teaching pre-writing astrategy appears to be quite effective.Moreover, among the three experimental groups, the difference between the conventional group and webbasedgroup fails to reach statistical significance. On the other hand, the mean score for the hybrid group issignificantly larger than the mean scores of both conventional and web-based groups. The second question of thestudy, as such, is also answered.To recapitulate, the analyses revealed that teaching pre-writing strategies to EFL learners is an efficaciousmethod of helping them improve their writing performance. Interestingly enough, no substantial difference wasobserved between conventional and web-based methods of pre-writing strategies instruction. Hybrid method ofteaching, on the other hand, was significantly more effective than these two methods.The results of the present study lend support to the findings of studies such as Sasaki (2000) which affirma positive effect for strategies-based writing instruction. This effectiveness can partly be attributed to raising theawareness of language learning strategies via explicit instruction, which is claimed to be the best practice instrategies-based instruction (Cohen, 2003). The results of this study, like the earlier studies on strategy-basedinstruction (as reported by DÖrnyei, 2006), offered a wide range of pre-writing strategies to choose from, andprovided the learners with controlled practice in the use of these strategies.In addition, as scholars such as Chu (2007), Cobat (2000), Sullivan (2006), and Zaid (2011) haveunearthed, the results of this study corroborated the premise that web-based second language writing instructionhas a facilitative effect. The reason why the students in the web-based group could not override those in theconventional group was probably that the former could not obtain as much feedback on their performance as couldthe latter. And this was a consequence of the mode of input delivery in the web-based method.Finally, the most promising outcome was obtained by the hybrid group that could outperform not only thecontrol group, but also the other experimental groups. The supremacy of hybrid teaching of pre-writing strategieswas previously confirmed by Ellis (2008) and the present study provided further support for her findings. As statedby Ellis and proved in this study, a hybrid format offers more effective ways to academic writing, vis-à-vis othermethods of teaching pre-writing strategies.REFERENCESAllen IE, Seaman J, Garrett R. 2007. Blending in: The extent and promise of blended education in the United States. Babson Park, MA: BabsonCollege Survey Research Group, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Arnold N. 2007. Reducing foreign language communication apprehension with computer-mediated communication: A preliminary study. System,35: 469-486.Byrad D. 2010. Framing, reflecting on and attending to a rationale of teaching of writing in the second language classroom via journaling: A casestudy. System, 38: 200-210.Cabot C. 2000. The effects of the World Wide Web on reading and writing skills in a Spanish cultural studies course. ReCALL, 12(1): 63-72.Chamot AU. 2008. Strategy instruction and good language learners. In: C. Griffiths (ed.), Lessons from good language learners. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.Chamot AU. 2005. The cognitive academic language learning approach (CALLA): An update. In: P.A. Richard-Amato & M.A. Snow (eds.),Academic success for English language learners: Strategies for K-12 mainstream teachers. White Plains, NY: Longman.Chamot AU. 1987. The learning strategies of ESL students. In: A. Wenden & J. Rubin (eds.), Learner strategies in language learning.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.Chamot AU, Kupper L. 1989. Learning strategies in foreign language instruction. Foreign Language Annals, 22: 13-24.400
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