ERIC Number: EJ1159238
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 26
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ISSN: EISSN-1305-578X
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Exploring EFL Students' Use of Writing Strategies and Their Attitudes towards Reading-To-Write and Writing-Only Tasks
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, v13 n2 p535-560 2017
This study aimed to explore EFL students' use of writing strategies and their attitudes towards reading-to-write and writing-only tasks. The primary purpose of this study was to see whether there was any significant difference between the writing performance of reading-to-write and writing-only task groups of Iranian EFL learners. Also, this study explored whether there was any significant difference in the writing strategies used by Iranian EFL students in reading-to-write and writing-only groups. In addition, Iranian EFL students' beliefs and attitudes about reading-to-write were inspected. In so doing, 34 EFL students from the Sobhe Sadegh Institute of Higher Education in Isfahan, Iran, took part in the present study. The data were collected by the students' writing, academic writing strategies questionnaire which is developed by Abdul-Rahman (2011) and students' interviews in reading-to-write class. The data analysis via independent-samples t-test for comparing students' performance revealed that students in reading-to-write group performed better than students in writing-only group. Additionally, the results using MANOVA showed no significant difference in the writing strategies used by Iranian EFL students in reading-to-write and writing-only groups. Finally, qualitative analysis of data in reading-to-write class indicated that the students had a positive attitudes towards reading-to-write class because they believed that reading has exerted a positive effect on their writings.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires, Writing Strategies, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Writing Evaluation, Classification, Reading Writing Relationship, Translation, College Students
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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