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4.3 Research Instruments ......................... 29

Chapter Five Results and Discussion ........................ 38

5.1 Results .................................. 38

5.1.1 Results of pretest .............................. 38

5.1.2 Results of post-tests .................................. 40

Chapter Five Results and Discussion

5.1 Results

There are three groups in this experiment where the FG receives focused WCF,the UFG receives unfocused WCF,and the CG receives feedback on the structure andcontent of the composition.By collecting and analyzing the scores of the students ofthree groups in the pretest,the immediate post-test,and the delayed post-test,a seriesof tables and figures are obtained to elaborate the effects of the two kinds of WCF onthe acquisition of English generic NPs.All data collected from these three tests followthe normal distribution,so One-Way ANOVA,Paired-Samples T Test and multiplecomparisons are applied in this paper.In addition,in order to make the study morereliable and valid,a questionnaire is given out to participants.Those data collectedfrom questionnaires is also analyzed in this section.

5.1.1 Results of pretest

All students are required to finish a composition in pretest,and their scores arerecorded and analyzed by SPSS 27.With the aim to exam the effects of the two typesof WCF adopted in this study,an analysis should be carried out at first to test whetherthe participants in the two treatment groups and the control group are with the sameperformance on the use of English generic NPs.Therefore,the One-Way ANOVA isadministrated on the scores in pretest.The data analysis results in pretest are shown inTable 5.1 and Table 5.2.

Chapter Six Conclusion

6.1 Major Findings

This study principally deals with two questions about WCF,that is,the effects offocused and unfocused WCF on the accurate use of generic NPs and the effectdifferences between the two types of WCF.According to the experiment data analysisand the discussion of questionnaires,the major findings of this study are presentedwith response to the two research questions.

With respect to the first question,the experiment results show that participants inboth the FG and UFG achieve higher scores by comparing with the students in the CGin immediate and delayed post-tests,and significant difference is also observed.Itsuggests that both focused and unfocused WCF exert a remarkable positive effect onlearners’accurate use of English generic NPs in both the short and long term.

Turning to the second question,which is to investigate the effect differencesbetween focused and unfocused WCF on the accurate use of English generic NPs inwriting.Research results reveal that the effects of these two kinds of WCF aredifferential.In the short term,although the mean score of students received focusedWCF is higher than that of who received unfocused WCF,no significant difference isfound.In the long term,focused WCF outperform unfocused WCF.It can beconcluded that focused WCF is more effective than unfocused WCF in theimprovement of learners’accurate use of English generic NPs.

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