A Study on Low-Proficiency Korean EFL College Students’ Writing Strategy Use and Their Perceptions
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The current study is to investigate low-proficiency Korean EFL College students’ writing strategy use and their perceptions. All 27 freshmen taking Academic English classes participated in this study for 15 weeks. Eight writing strategies are included: brainstorming, graphic organizer, translation, modeling, questioning, rereading, peer review, and checklist. The study explores the preferences of writing strategy and their reasons, and the participants’ perceptions of the writing strategy. The participants took part in three guided writing and completed their questionnaires and logs. The results of questionnaires shows that the participants frequently used with peer review and modeling the most and they did not frequently use with brainstorming and rereading. Also, they reveal that there was no significant mean difference in their confidence, interest, fear, and difficulty except in the revision process. With the written open-ended questionnaire, the low-proficient participants are able to share their ideas on writings and try to find ways how to improve their peers’ and their own writings. Meanwhile, the participants do not plan their writing before starting to write and simply learn the value of brainstorming and rereading to improve their writings. As a result, the participants realized that employing writing strategies would help them improve their writing skills that they need to practice them in order to become a better writers and learners.
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The current study is to investigate low-proficiency Korean EFL College students’ writing strategy use and their perceptions. All 27 freshmen taking Academic English classes participated in this study for 15 weeks. Eight writing strategies are included: brainstorming, graphic organizer, translation, modeling, questioning, rereading, peer review, and checklist. The study explores the preferences of writing strategy and their reasons, and the participants’ perceptions of the writing strategy. The participants took part in three guided writing and completed their questionnaires and logs. The results of questionnaires shows that the participants frequently used with peer review and modeling the most and they did not frequently use with brainstorming and rereading. Also, they reveal that there was no significant mean difference in their confidence, interest, fear, and difficulty except in the revision process. With the written open-ended questionnaire, the low-proficient participants are able to share their ideas on writings and try to find ways how to improve their peers’ and their own writings. Meanwhile, the participants do not plan their writing before starting to write and simply learn the value of brainstorming and rereading to improve their writings. As a result, the participants realized that employing writing strategies would help them improve their writing skills that they need to practice them in order to become a better writers and learners.
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