EERS_FLCAS.xlsx

A convenience sample of sixty-two students registered in the EngEERs course at a private high school in Tianjin, China, were recruited to participate in the study. Participants were randomly allocated to either an experimental group (n = 35) or a control group (n = 27) by using a computer-generated randomization sequence. All participants had completed the Tianjin Senior High School Entrance Examination. The average pre-study English scores were 98.5 out of 120 for the control group and 93 out of 120 for the experimental group, with scores across all participants ranging from 72 to 115. The two groups were demographically comparable. The control group comprised 13 females (48.1%) and 14 males (51.9%), with 12 students in Grade 10 (44.4%) and 15 in Grade 11 (55.6%). The experimental group included 15 females (42.9%) and 20 males (57.1%), with 21 Grade 10 students (60%) and 14 Grade 11 students (40%). Students from Grade 12 were excluded from the study due to their preparation for the College Entrance Examination.