Enhancing EFL Learners' Writing Capability in a Blended Learning Environment: The Effects of Learning Styles

• Main Author: Esmail Zainadiny Mofrad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lasting Impressions Press 2017-11-01
• Series: International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
• Subjects: Writing; Introverts; Extroverts; Blended Learning; Traditional Classroom
• Online Access: http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value5%20issue3/23-5-3-17.pdf

This study investigated the effectiveness of practicing writing in a blended learning environment. Sixty upper-intermediate EFL learners were selected to participate in this study. They were randomly assigned into four groups including: Extroverted-blended, introverted-blended, Extroverted-traditional and Introverted-traditional. These groups were shaped based on the learners’ learning style including Extroversion and Introversion and their participation in a blended learning Environment and traditional language classes. In the blended learning environment, they practiced learning writing skills using different media and technology while in the traditional learning environment, they did that without using these tools. The results showed that the extroverts performed better than the introverts and the learners in the blended learning environment performed better than those in the traditional learning environment.