Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Center Branch. Tehran. Iran.

2 Faculty member, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3 Faculty member, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

4 Faculty member, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop a new English language teaching approach and compare its effectiveness with that of the conventional instruction on learning of English. To this end, testing was carried out in a girl’s high school in Tehran. The applied research type was a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the qualitative part, a new educational method was compiled based on a theoretical framework and research using a classification approach and content analysis. Expert opinion was used to determine the validity and confirm the formal and content validity of the protocol. In the quantitative part, the pre-test was a semi-experimental research project and the post-test included a control group. The statistical population comprised ninth-grade female students from a high school indistrict one of Tehran. The study was carried out during the 2019-2020 academic year. Fifty subjects were selected according to the entrance criteria and were randomly assigned to either the new method group or the conventional methodgroup (25 subjects in each group). Each type of instruction was carried out over the course of 14 sessions. Data for analysis was collected by means of an English language test. Intra-group and extra-group analysis of variance was used. The results revealed that the new approach toEnglish instruction was more effective than the conventional method with regard learning. The findings of this study indicate the new approach is an effective teaching technique that teachers and English language instructors can use to increase student learning and academic progress when compared with the conventional English language teaching method.

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