Investigating the use of writing strategies by advanced learners of English: Results of a study
Investigating the use of writing strategies by advanced learners of English: Results of a study

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the results of a study which explored the writing strategies that advanced learners of English drew upon when composing a summary of an academic text. The data were collected from 28 English majors who were requested to summarize a text dealing with foreign language pedagogy and then asked to fill out a short questionnaire concerning the writing strategies they had fallen upon when completing this task. The questionnaire included questions dealing with self-evaluation of writing skills, the favorite ways of developing these skills, the strategies used before, during and after the task, the focus of attention in the course of writing, as well as the factors that were helpful and detrimental to the performance of the activity. The data collected in this way were subjected to qualitative analysis which involved identification of common themes with respect to the strategies employed to complete the task.

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