en Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#669933;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to comparatively examine the effects of the Flipped Classroom (FC) model, the Micro-Flipped Classroom (MFC) model, and the Traditional Lecture-Based Method (TLBM) on the writing performance and classroom engagement of Iranian EFL learners.<br> <b>Methods</b>: Sixty-three female upper-intermediate EFL learners from Zabansara Language Institute in Shabestar, Iran, were selected based on the Oxford Placement Test and randomly assigned to three groups: Flipped Classroom (n=21), Micro-Flipped Classroom (n=21), and Traditional Control Group (n=21). Data were collected using writing pre- and post-tests and a classroom engagement questionnaire. ANCOVA analyses were used to compare the post-test means across the three groups, controlling for pre-test scores.<br> <b>Results</b>: The ANCOVA results revealed statistically significant differences among the three instructional methods in both writing performance and classroom engagement (p<.05). Specifically, learners in the Micro-Flipped Classroom group achieved significantly higher mean scores in writing performance and reported greater classroom engagement compared to both the Flipped Classroom group and the Traditional Lecture-Based group.<br> <b>Conclusions</b>: The Micro-Flipped Classroom model (characterized by shorter pre-class video materials and more in-class interactive tasks) was found to be more effective than both the standard Flipped Classroom and the Traditional Method for enhancing EFL writing performance and boosting student engagement. The findings provide strong pedagogical support for EFL teachers and policymakers to adopt the MFC approach in technology-enhanced language instruction.</span></span></span></span></div> Flipped Classroom, Micro-flipped Instruction, Writing Performance, Classroom Engagement, EFL Learners, Educational Technology, Active Learning 0 0 http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-490-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Verisheh Shakeri verisheh.shakeri@iau.ac.ir 10031947532846004812 0009-0000-1299-1786 No Department of English Language Teaching, Ta. C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Mahnaz Saeidi mnsaeidi@yahoo.com 10031947532846004813 10031947532846004813 Yes Department of English Language Teaching, Ta. C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Nasrin Hadidi Tamjidi Hadadi.nasrin@gmail.com 10031947532846004814 10031947532846004814 No Department of English Language Teaching, Ta. C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran