Impact of Visual Discourse on EFL Learners’ Language Achievement

Ahmadzadeh, Behrouz; Gorjian, Bahman

doi:10.22054/jti.2025.80258.1473

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Behrouz Ahmadzadeh ¹
Bahman Gorjian ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of ELT, Arv. C, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran

² Associate Professor, ELT Department, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jti.2025.80258.1473

Abstract

The present study investigates the effect of visual discourse analysis of literary plays on EFL language learners in English literature classes. A semi-experimental research method was used based on Creswell and Creswell (2017). Materials were two plays entitled, Hamletmachine by Heiner Muller and Present Laughter in the Moment by Noel Coward. 53 students who scored above one standard deviations from the average were selected and then they were divided into two equal control and experimental groups by regular random method. An achievement reading comprehension test which was designed based on these two plays was used to compare control and experimental groups after the teaching sessions. During 15 teaching sessions, the experimental group learned discourse analysis of literary works, while the control group was trained in the conventional method of reading comprehension methods. Finally, both groups took the test after the calculation of the reliability and validity of the test in a pilot study. The results showed that the experimental group had significant progress compared to the control group in understanding the questions with implied and discourse meanings. A significant difference can be seen in the five components between the experimental and control groups, except for the component of creating awareness, which does not show a significant difference as (0.057) that showed the average score of the experimental group is greater than the control group, it is not significant enough.

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