Using an information processing theory (IPT)‎-based strategy to develop EFL students' ability to construct and place English adverbials

Abstract EN

The purpose of the present study was to develop EFL major students’ ability of constructing and placing English adverbials through using a suggested information processing theory (IPT)-based strategy.

The participants were sixty second year EFL students in the Section of English in the Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University.

They were divided randomly and equally into two groups: an IPT-treatment group taught through the IPT-based strategy and a control group taught through the regular/traditional tutorials.

The instruments used in this study were two tests: an adverbials construction test and an adverbials placement test.

These tests were pre- and post-administered to the study groups.

Statistically, t-test and Black’s formula were conducted to analyze the data obtained from the preand post-administrations of the study tests.

The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the favor of the IPT-treatment group students in the post assessments of both tests.

Additionally, IPT-treatment group significantly surpassed the control group in both tests.

Ultimately, IPTbased strategy proved to be effective in developing EFL students' ability of constructing and placing English adverbials