The Impact of Phrasal Verb Avoidance on the Writing Ability of the University EFL Learners

This study endeavors to investigate the impact of phrasal verb avoidance on the writing ability of Persian learners of English. To accomplish this, three elicitation tests were administered, eliciting preference for either a phrasal verb or an equivalent one-word verb. The total mean score of the participants was used as a criterion to form two groups. Participants whose scores fell below the mean were places in Group A (participants with higher amount of avoidance) and those whose score fell above the mean were placed in Group B (participants with lower amount of avoidance). Then the participants were then asked to perform a writing task. An independent-samples T-test was run. The results revealed that the participants in group B had a better performance than those in group A.