IJSRP, Volume 10, Issue 10, October 2020 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Jayasri Lingaiah, Saroja Dhanapal
Abstract:
This study investigated the effect of graphic organizer and instructional scaffolding on argumentative essay writing performance among TESL undergraduates. The study employed an experimental research using the pre-test and post-test design involving 60 TESL undergraduates who underwent lessons on argumentative essay writing using two different delivery modes, namely ‘Graphic Organizer with Instructional Scaffolding’ (GOIS) which is the experimental group and ‘No Graphic Organizer No Instructional Scaffolding’ (NGNI) which is the control group.