Exploring EFL Students’ Attitudes toward Proficiency Pairing Methods

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10.2991/978-2-38476-333-7_16How to use a DOI?

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students’ attitudes; proficiency pairing method; different-proficiency partner; equal proficiency partners

Abstract

Researchers have shown a growing interest in elaborating proficiency pairing methods in recent years. However, research on students’ attitudes toward different pairing methods is rarely investigated. This study aimed to explore students’ attitudes toward different proficiency pairing methods (H-H, L-L, H-L) and the differences in their attitudes toward each pairing method. Sixty university students in Indonesia were involved in this study. A close-ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were employed to identify the students’ attitudes toward each pairing method. The researchers used descriptive statistics to describe students’ attitudes toward proficiency pairing groups and the Kruskal-Wallis test to reveal the differences in the attitudes of each pairing group. The results remarked that students in H-H pairing had the most positive attitudes toward the H-H pairing, followed by H-L pairing. The students enjoyed working on H-H and H-L pairing and believed that such pairing methods could improve the content, organization, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics of their writing. Conversely, students in L-L pairing showed negative attitudes toward the pairing because they did not see any benefit of working with the same low-proficient partners. Further results indicated that students in those three pairing methods have shown significant differences in their attitudes toward each pairing method. Recommendations were presented after the conclusion section of this study.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Faradila Masuara
AU  - M. Ridha Ajam
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/26
TI  - Exploring EFL Students’ Attitudes toward Proficiency Pairing Methods
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 202
EP  - 217
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-333-7_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-333-7_16
ID  - Masuara2024
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