Table 1 Data collection procedure
From: Improving L2 learners’ IELTS task 2 writing: the role of model essays and noticing hypothesis
Day | Control group | Experimental group |
|---|---|---|
1 | Received instructions on IELTS writing task 2—marking criteria and rubrics Took the pretest | |
3 | Worked in pairs and gave feedback Handed papers to the teacher for further evaluations | Received two model essays Underlined useful parts Worked in pairs and discussed what parts were useful, why they were useful, and how they could be implemented in the participants’ original essays Received support from the teacher, if necessary |
5 | Revised the original essays based on the feedback | Revised the original essays based on the model ones |
8 | Took the posttest | |
9 | Nothing | 5 participants joined the interview after class |