Exposing EFL Students to Different Sentence Opening Patterns to Enhance their Written Production

Taieb Kabache

doi:10.34118/ajsssr.v3i2.1869

Taieb Kabache Ecole Normale Supérieure Taleb Abderrahmane Laghouat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34118/ajsssr.v3i2.1869

Keywords: English as Foreign Language Students, Writing, different sentence opening patterns

Abstract

In EFL contexts, effective writing requires certain features like sentence variety which can be in terms of patterns, length and opening. Sentence opening, using different forms to begin a sentence, is beneficial for writers as well as readers. As a matter of fact, EFL students are not able to vary their sentences in terms of openings; rather they rely on the same sentence starter. The aim of this study is to suggest for teachers a new and practical strategy: Serial Sentence Opening, through which EFL students are taught the different forms of sentence opening to boost their written production. In the present study, experimental design is selected to examine the impact of teaching different patterns of sentence opening on the writing of second year EFL/ PES students at Teachers’ Higher College Taleb Abdurrahman Laghouat, Algeria . The findings of this study reveal that using of different sentence patterns strategy to teach EFL students the different forms of sentence opening has a positive impact on their writing performance

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