The impact of two production task-mode types on FL vocabulary knowledge / Bahador Sadeghi

In the ESL/EFL instructional context , the role of output tasks on target language learning has
been investigated , and all of them have supported the positive role of output on target language
acquisition, but few studies have compared the effect of two types of production modes ( written
and oral output ) on target language acquisition, The present study examined the effects of two
types of production modes on the productive English vocabulary knowledge .Two groups of
intermediate learners (n=38) were subjected to the two production-modes tasks (Round Robin
and Buzz group).Then T-test was used to analyze data. The Buzz group students better gained
knowledge of vocabulary in comparison to those in the Round Robin group although no
significant difference was observed between the two. The results represented that two types of
production task played positive roles in improving the productive vocabulary knowledge of the
learners. As a result, applying output tasks could be recommended to the syllabus and text book
designers and teachers.