Investigating high schoolers’ L2 writing anxiety, L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing self-regulated strategies, and L2 writing engagement: Relationships and mediator [PDF]
This study used a structural equation modeling approach to investigate the relationships among L2 writing anxiety, L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing self-regulated strategies and L2 writing engagement, and possible mediators that regulate the effect ...
Jie Zhou +3 more
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The Impact of Academic Procrastination on Second Language Writing: The Mediating Role of L2 Writing Anxiety [PDF]
Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the exploration of psychological properties in a second language context. Considerable literature has grown up around the influence of these psychological properties on L2 writing specifically. However, the
Chen Zhang, Wenzhong Zhang
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Critical Thinking, Writing Strategy Use, L2 Writing Anxiety and L2 Writing Performance: What are the Relations? [PDF]
The present study examined relationships among critical thinking, writing strategy use, second/foreign language (L2) writing anxiety, and L2 writing performance of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners.
Elahe Saedpanah, Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi
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Future L2 writing selves and EFL writing achievement: the mediating role of writing enjoyment and boredom [PDF]
IntroductionSecond language (L2) writing is not only a cognitive activity but also an emotionally involving process. However, the joint influence of motivational self-guides and achievement emotions on L2 writing outcomes remains underexplored in Asia ...
Jie Pan +3 more
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Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms
With the appearance and improvement of Web 2.0 technology and other digital tools such as Google Docs and wikis, teachers and researchers are increasingly able to implement collaborative activities in face-to-face and online language courses.
Dennis Koyama
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The predictive effects of individual difference factors on L2 writing complexity, accuracy, and fluency [PDF]
Drawing on the control-value theory and the individual-environmental model of writing, this study investigated the predictive effects of various individual difference factors (i.e., L2 writing grit, enjoyment, anxiety, motivation, and working memory) on ...
Zihan Gao, Zihan Gao
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Development and validation of a genre-based second language (L2) writing self-efficacy scale [PDF]
Writing self-efficacy serves as one of the essential motivational factors in L1 and L2 writing, which has been measured by a series of scales in L1 and L2 contexts. However, the issue of task specificity was not resolved appropriately. This study aims to
Jianhua Zhang +3 more
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The effects of L1 on L2 writing and translation: A case study
This article examines the perceptions and attitudes of Japanese university students regarding two types of writing tasks: writing directly in L2 and translating from L1 into L2.
Yasunari Fujii
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Abstract This chapter aims to identify sources of individual differences in writing proficiency, and ways to measure these differences. The construct of writing proficiency is delineated and embedded in cognitive approaches to writing research.
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Languaging, Corrective Feedback, and Writing Accuracy among Low Proficiency L2 Learners
Low proficiency L2 learners make frequent grammatical errors and apply inappropriate English language use and writing conventions despite learning the language for years.
Sabariah Abd Rahim +1 more
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