TY - JOUR ID - 95267 TI - The Impact of Pre-task Planning Vs. On-line Planning on Writing Performance: A Test of Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity (Research Paper) JO - Iranian Journal of English for Academic Purposes JA - IJEAP LA - en SN - 2476-3187 AU - Ebrahimi, Mohammad Reza AU - Nezami, Ali AU - Kargozari, hamidreza AD - Islamic Azad University, Bam Branch AD - Academic Writing Instructor, Oumlzyeğin University AD - Tabaran Institute of Higher Educations, Mashhad Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 10 KW - accuracy KW - complexity KW - fluency KW - planning KW - Task Based Teaching DO - N2 - The aim of the current study was to compare the influence of on-line planning and pre-task planning on the performance of EFL university students enjoying different levels of proficiency regarding accuracy, fluency and complexity. To this end a group of 134 EFL learners with different proficiency levels were asked to write narrative tasks under two planning conditions (Pre-task planning and on-line planning). The results of the investigation showed that neither on-line nor pre-task planning affected the accuracy of writing. It was also revealed that on-line planning led to more fluent written language than what pre-task planning did, and that pre-task planning, compared to on-line planning, caused the students to produce more complex written language. Another finding of the research was that students with higher proficiency levels outperformed their low-proficiency counterparts considering accuracy, fluency and complexity during both on-line and pre-task planning. In other words, no interaction was found between planning conditions and proficiency levels. UR - https://journalscmu.sinaweb.net/article_95267.html L1 - https://journalscmu.sinaweb.net/article_95267_4a1350bdbb4133d2a5e808bba1ecdc21.pdf ER -