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ching the writing of argumentative genre through imitatio:
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tempts at a significant level of 5 %. In our case the attempts were repre-
sented by the texts A, B and C. Furthermore, the Wilcoxon’s test was
used in order to detect which texts contained statistical significant dif-
ferences. The significance level of 0.05/3 = 0,017 was calculated with the
Bonferroni adjustment.
The practice of imitatio was considered as the independent variable
of the research (YES/NO) (Verma and Mallick, 1999). The total num-
ber of the written arguments, the number of arguments based on the
above mentioned topics, the number of stylistic elements and the text
length constituted the dependent variables.
The experimental group produced a higher total mean of written ar-
guments as attested by the statistical analysis. The initial mean of argu-
ments M = 1,09 (SD = 0,900) in the Text A increased after the interven-
tion. In the Text B the mean raised (M = 3,65, SD = 1,849) as well as in
the Text C (M = 3,70, SD = 1,329) (Figure 1). The analysis showed a sig-
nificant difference among the mean of arguments of texts B and A (p =
0,000 < 0,017) and of texts C and A (p = 0,000 < 0,017), while the differ-
ence among the texts B and C wasn’t significant.
Mean ± SD TEXT A TEXT B TEXT C
1,09 ± 0,900 3,65 ± 1,849* 3,70 ± 1,329^
* Significant difference among the mean of arguments of texts B
and A, p = 0,000 < 0,017
^ Significant difference among the mean of arguments of texts C
and A, p = 0,000 < 0,017
The produced arguments were mainly based on the topic of re-
lationship as expressed by the sub-topics of cause and effect (M = 0,52,
SD = 0,593: Text A, M = 1,70, SD = 1,222: Text B and M = 2,04, SD =
1,022: Text C) (Figure 3), of antithesis (M = 0,13, SD = 0,344: Text A, M
= 0,78, SD = 0,736: Text B and M = 0,78, SD = 0,671: Text C) (Figure
2) and of antecedent and consequent (M = 0,13: Text A, M = 0,52: Text B
and M = 0,57: Text C) (Fig. 4).
a solid basis for the ‘beginner’ writers 313
tempts at a significant level of 5 %. In our case the attempts were repre-
sented by the texts A, B and C. Furthermore, the Wilcoxon’s test was
used in order to detect which texts contained statistical significant dif-
ferences. The significance level of 0.05/3 = 0,017 was calculated with the
Bonferroni adjustment.
The practice of imitatio was considered as the independent variable
of the research (YES/NO) (Verma and Mallick, 1999). The total num-
ber of the written arguments, the number of arguments based on the
above mentioned topics, the number of stylistic elements and the text
length constituted the dependent variables.
The experimental group produced a higher total mean of written ar-
guments as attested by the statistical analysis. The initial mean of argu-
ments M = 1,09 (SD = 0,900) in the Text A increased after the interven-
tion. In the Text B the mean raised (M = 3,65, SD = 1,849) as well as in
the Text C (M = 3,70, SD = 1,329) (Figure 1). The analysis showed a sig-
nificant difference among the mean of arguments of texts B and A (p =
0,000 < 0,017) and of texts C and A (p = 0,000 < 0,017), while the differ-
ence among the texts B and C wasn’t significant.
Mean ± SD TEXT A TEXT B TEXT C
1,09 ± 0,900 3,65 ± 1,849* 3,70 ± 1,329^
* Significant difference among the mean of arguments of texts B
and A, p = 0,000 < 0,017
^ Significant difference among the mean of arguments of texts C
and A, p = 0,000 < 0,017
The produced arguments were mainly based on the topic of re-
lationship as expressed by the sub-topics of cause and effect (M = 0,52,
SD = 0,593: Text A, M = 1,70, SD = 1,222: Text B and M = 2,04, SD =
1,022: Text C) (Figure 3), of antithesis (M = 0,13, SD = 0,344: Text A, M
= 0,78, SD = 0,736: Text B and M = 0,78, SD = 0,671: Text C) (Figure
2) and of antecedent and consequent (M = 0,13: Text A, M = 0,52: Text B
and M = 0,57: Text C) (Fig. 4).
