The Effect of Interventionist Instructions of English Conversational Implicatures on Iranian EFL Intermediate Level Learners’ Pragmatic Competence Development

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the participants

Group	N	Age		QOPT		Pre-test
		M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Explicit	21	18.71	1.38	35.95	3.69	11.04	1.96
Implicit	21	19.14	1.27	36.04	2.72	11.57	1.56
Control	21	19.04	1.43	36.28	3.66	10.52	1.88
Total	63	18.96	1.35	36.09	3.33	11.04	1.83

Note. M = mean, SD = standard deviation, N = number of participants in each group, QOPT = Quick Oxford Placement Test

Figure 1. Graphical illustration of the mean scores of immediate post-test

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the participants’ scores on immediate post-test

Group	N	M	SD	Min	Max
Explicit	21	14.57	1.91	11.00	18.00
Implicit	21	12.09	1.51	10.00	16.00
Control	21	10.42	2.18	7.00	14.00
Total	63	12.36	2.52	7.00	18.00

Figure 2. Graphical illustration of the mean scores for delayed post-test

Table 3. Descriptive statistics of the participants’ scores on delayed post-test

Group	N	M	SD	Min	Max
Explicit	21	14.04	1.71	12.00	18.00
Implicit	21	12.00	1.48	9.00	15.00
Control	21	10.14	1.90	7.00	14.00
Total	63	12.06	2.32	7.00	18.00