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This study attempted to investigate the assumption of output hypothesis from a sociocognitive perspective by examining college EFL learners’ attitude toward and evaluation on an output task in Content-Based Instruction (CBI) classrooms. The study also endeavored to fill in the gap in CBI research by addressing the issue of how to promote output opportunities in the CBI classroom. It aimed at revealing what should be considered to make an output task effective enough and encourage the L2 learners to experience the language in a productive mode which is supposed to help them process the language in a more rigorous way as suggested by the output hypothesis. Based on the data-analyses of the participants’ responses to a questionnaire, interviews and instructors’ notes, the study showed that the pushed output task (POT) functioned as a scaffolding device which supported academic enhancement as well as induced interaction and participation in the CBI courses. It also discussed weaknesses of the POT and made suggestions as to how the POT can be implemented and practiced in order to fulfill the promised assumptions of output hypothesis and serve the L2 learners in CBI in a most effective way.

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