4. RESULTS
4.1 English Proficiency Test Results
An Oxford Quick Placement Test was administered. This test had a cut off score of 30, which is equivalent level to B1 for CEFR (AKBARNEZHAD; SADIGHI; BAGHERI, 2020) (See Table 1). For the non-imagery direction group, the lowest score was 15 and the highest score was 57. Four participants in total whose scores failed to meet the cut off requirement of 30, were removed from the study. The mean test score after the cut off was 40.862 (SD = 9.137). For the imagery direction group the lowest score was 18, and the highest score was 60. Six participants in total whose scores failed to meet the cut off requirement of 30, the mean test score after the cut off was 38.778 (SD = 8.703). The participants were on average considered to be on the intermediate proficiency level (i.e., B1 and B2).
4.2 Narrative Transportation Questionnaire
As a manipulation check, the measured the Narrative Transportation
Questionnaire (NTQ) to see the immersion levels of the moral dilemma
scenario in both pretest and posttest conditions. Table 1 presents the
mean NTQ scores for the non-imagery direction and the imagery direction
groups.