Investigating the Effect of Task Type and Modality on Flow Experience among Intermediate Persian EFL Learners

Autor/inn/en	Ghanbaran, Samira; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi
Titel	Investigating the Effect of Task Type and Modality on Flow Experience among Intermediate Persian EFL Learners
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 52 (2023) 6, S.2835-2862 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-023-10021-0
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Nonmajors; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Language Proficiency; Communication (Thought Transfer); Task Analysis; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Collegestudent; Computerkonferenz; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The merits of the application of flow theory in foreign language teaching have been demonstrated in recent research. This experimental study was aimed at investigating the role of task type and modality in the perception of flow experience by learners as they are engaged in communication tasks. The participants were 78 non-English major university students at an intermediate level of proficiency based on the result of the Oxford quick proficiency test. To do so, the flow experience perceived by 39 dyads while performing information-gap and jigsaw tasks through three modes of communication, i.e. audio-synchronous computer-mediated communication, text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication, and face-to-face communication, was assessed using the short flow scale questionnaire (Martin and Jackson in Motiv Emot, 32(3):141-157, 2008) and task specific flow scale questionnaire (Czimmermann and Piniel in Positive psychology in SLA, 193-214, 2016. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095360-009). To examine the role of task type and modality in flow experience perceived by the participants, the mixed between-within subject's ANOVA test was run for each task in different pair categories. The results indicated that in all three modalities, the jigsaw task induced more flow than the information gap task did. Moreover, in both tasks, Text-SCMC modality aroused less flow than that in either of F2F and Audio-SCMC modalities as perceived by the interlocutors. Hence, no interaction between task type and modality was observed regarding their impact on the perception of flow experience. The findings of the study could provide implications for second language acquisition and instruction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01