Competitive Team-Based Learning versus Group Investigation with Reference to the Language Proficiency of Iranian EFL Intermediate Students

Authors : Seyed Mohammad Hassan HOSSEİNİ

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Publication Date : 2013-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper is a report on an experimental study which intended to look into the possible effects of Competitive Team-Based Learning insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CTBL); vis-à-vis Group Investigation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GI); method of Cooperative Learning insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CL); on the language proficiency of Iranian EFL intermediate students. Seventy homogeneous Iranian intermediate students were selected out of a total population of 110 to serve the present study. The results of the study indicated the advantage of CTBL over GI in terms of its effect on improving the target group’s language proficiency. The results of the study were in contrast to the reports of researchers like Ab-Raza insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2007);, an Israeli language specialist, who have argued that students in Islamic countries “do not value diversity of ideas, beliefs, and perspectives” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p. 5); and so cannot be taught through modern methods like those of CL
Keywords : Competitive Team Based Learning, Group Investigation, Language