فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Using the multimodal approach, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of video-based pragmatic tests on EFL learners’ pragmatic awareness and pragmalinguistic learning. It further tried to find out the washback effect of video-based pragmatic tests on learners’ speaking ability. Participants of this study were 38 males and females who studied English. The participants were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. They were pre-tested by Cambridge Placement Test. In the experimental group, video-based pragmatic tests were used along with the usual instructional materials; while in the control group the material was taught in the conventional method, without using video-based pragmatic tests. The students were pre/post-tested by the means of two Multiple-choice Discourse Completion Tests (MDCTs), taking pragmatic awareness and pragmalinguistic learning into account. The results of the study indicated a high level of pragmatic awareness and pragmalinguistic learning improvement in the experimental group. Further, the findings demonstrated positive washback on learners’ speaking proficiency resulting from using video-based pragmatic tests. The qualitative data also demonstrated a positive impact on the speaking ability of the experimental group, confirmed quantitatively. The findings of the study will have theoretical and pedagogical implications.