The Comparative Effect of Input Flooding and Input Enhancement on EFL Learners’ Writing Complexity and Accuracy
Keywords:
Writing, writing complexity, writing accuracy, input flooding, input enhancementAbstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the comparative effect of input flooding and input enhancement on EFL learners’ writing complexity and accuracy. The participants were 60 intermediate EFL learners selected from among 90 via administering a Preliminary English Test. The selected participants were randomly assigned into two experimental groups each containing 30 students. In order to make sure that the participants were not significantly different in terms of writing complexity and accuracy, the participants’ performance of the free writing section of PET were analyzed based on the writing complexity and accuracy measurements and used as their pretest. In the first experimental group, the participants received input flooding, whereas the participants in the second experimental group received input enhancement of the materials. At the end of the treatment, the free writing section of another PET was administered to both groups and the writing complexity and accuracy were compared through two separate Independent Samples t-tests. The results revealed that input enhancement had a more significant effect on both EFL learners’ writing complexity and accuracy than input flooding. Based on the findings of the current study, EFL teachers may employ input enhancement to enhance EFL learners’ writing complexity and accuracy.
