The Effect of A Problem Based Learning Approach (PBL) on EFL Students̓ Descriptive Writing Performance | ||
| مجلة القراءة والمعرفة | ||
| Volume 22, Issue 254, December 2022 PDF (447.2 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mrk.2022.278538 | ||
| Author | ||
| AL-Shaimaa Abdullah El-Maghraby* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study has two main objectives :to investigate the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL)approach on EFL students’ descriptive writing ability, and to explorefind out students’ attitudes toward implementing PBL approach in class while learning how to write a descriptive paragraph in English. Eighty students from Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) paricipate in this study. The participant were devided into experemtal (40 students) and control group (40 students). The research instruments included pre/post writing tests and a questionnaire. The data were analyzed. The findings show that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of posttest of the experimental group and that of the control group. In addition, regading the questionnaire results ,students show positive attitudes toward learning in PBL approach as it motivated them and they became more passionate about the process of developing descriptive text writing skills. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Writing skills/ Descriptive Writing/ Problem based learning (PBL) | ||
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