en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3300ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%">Linking words, an essential tool in creating a coherent relationship between units and paragraphs in written texts, was one of several aspects of the English language that was challenging for many foreign language learners in the writing process. The current study investigated the impacts of flipped blended instruction on Iranian EFL learners&rsquo; use of English-linking words in writing. To this end, 40 EFL learners from one institute were selected for this study. To collect the data, an Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was used to ensure the homogeneity of the participants. They were randomly divided into the flipped blended (n=20)&nbsp; and conventional ( n=20)&nbsp; groups. Then, a pre-test was given to both groups of learners to examine their ability in using linking words.<i> </i>&nbsp;Moreover, the flipped blended group received instruction in an online context, while the conventional group received instruction in a traditional learning context. <span style="background:white">After the treatment, </span>a post-test was given to both the flipped blended and conventional groups. The results of the independent sample t-test demonstrated that there was a statistically significant difference between flipped blended and Conventional groups in terms of choosing linking words. It was observed that the flipped blended method had a&nbsp; significant effect on improving EFL learners&#39; linking words knowledge. The study discusses the implications of the finding for EFL learners and teachers.</span></span></span></span></span></div> Writing, Technology, Linking words, Flipped classroom, Blended learning 25 40 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-640-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hajar Shahhoseini shahhoseinihajar@gmail.com 0000-0002-2027-1874 No PhD Student, Department of Foreign Languages, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran Reza Rezvani rezvanireza@gmail.com 0000-0001-6143-7597 Yes Associate Professor, Department of English Languages, Yasouj University/ Department of Foregin Languages, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran (Corresponding Author) Saeed Yazdani saya134074@yahoo.com 0000-0000-0000-0000 No Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran Mohammad Behrouzi m.behrozi@iaubushehr.ac.ir 0000-0000-0000-0000 No Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran Akbar Molaei akmolaei2002@gmail.com 0000-0000-0000-0000 No Assistant Professor, Department of English Language, Farhangian University/ Department of Foregin Languages, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran