A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT ON IRANIAN INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS' ORAL PROFICIENCY

The present investigation was an attempt to study the effectiveness of dynamic assessment on Iranian intermediate EFL learners' oral proficiency. To that end, an OPT test was administered to 110 EFL students learning English language in institutes. Learners who scored between one above and below the standard deviation were selected for the study, because this study focused on intermediate learners. So 40 learners were selected for this study and they were divided into experimental and control group, each group contained 20 learners. Then a speaking test was administered to both groups as a pre-test to take their initial knowledge of oral performance. The speaking section of the PET test was selected to test the oral performance of the participants. The experimental group used dynamic assessment in twenty sessions. The control group did not receive treatment. Finally both groups sat for the post-test for speaking test. The results were computed and analyzed through SPSS and it was explored that dynamic assessment had a positive effect on Iranian EFL learners' oral performance. The results also indicated that there was no significant difference between males and females in this research.