Research Article

The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores

Number: 13 December 30, 2018
  • Gökhan Çetınkaya *
  • Gülay Bilgan
TR EN

The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between EFL learners’ writing performance and their use of writing strategies in the context of voluntary-based English Preparatory School. To do this, Writing Strategy Inventory developed by Özbay (2008), semi-structured interviews and students’ writing grades of their 3rd midterm exam were used. Writing Strategy Inventory was delivered to 166 students; however, only 152 students took the midterm exam. Following the quantitative data collection procedure, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 15 students chosen via extreme case sampling method based on the students’ scores on the Writing Strategy Inventory. The results show that there is a significant but a low correlation between students’ writing strategy use and their midterm results. However, during the interviews, students state that they can’t use the writing strategies during the exams because of limited time for the writing part or just because the strategies such as searching the topic on the internet and looking up dictionaries they generally use are not appropriate for the exams. Furthermore, the use of writing strategies does not differ according to gender; on the other hand, students with higher self-proficiency level use more writing strategies.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Gökhan Çetınkaya * This is me
0000-0001-6353-0744
Türkiye

Gülay Bilgan This is me
0000-0002-0305-0607
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 30, 2018

Submission Date

November 7, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 22, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 13

APA
Çetınkaya, G., & Bilgan, G. (2018). The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 13, 25-32. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504250
AMA
1.Çetınkaya G, Bilgan G. The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores. RumeliDE. 2018;(13):25-32. doi:10.29000/rumelide.504250
Chicago
Çetınkaya, Gökhan, and Gülay Bilgan. 2018. “The Relationship Between EFL Learners’ Writing Strategy Use and Their Writing Scores”. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 13: 25-32. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504250.
EndNote
Çetınkaya G, Bilgan G (December 1, 2018) The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 13 25–32.
IEEE
[1]G. Çetınkaya and G. Bilgan, “The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores”, RumeliDE, no. 13, pp. 25–32, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.29000/rumelide.504250.
ISNAD
Çetınkaya, Gökhan - Bilgan, Gülay. “The Relationship Between EFL Learners’ Writing Strategy Use and Their Writing Scores”. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 13 (December 1, 2018): 25-32. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504250.
JAMA
1.Çetınkaya G, Bilgan G. The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores. RumeliDE. 2018;:25–32.
MLA
Çetınkaya, Gökhan, and Gülay Bilgan. “The Relationship Between EFL Learners’ Writing Strategy Use and Their Writing Scores”. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 13, Dec. 2018, pp. 25-32, doi:10.29000/rumelide.504250.
Vancouver
1.Gökhan Çetınkaya, Gülay Bilgan. The Relationship between EFL learners’ writing strategy use and their writing scores. RumeliDE. 2018 Dec. 1;(13):25-32. doi:10.29000/rumelide.504250

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