Indonesian Journal of Educational Research (IJER)
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019): Volume 4 No 1 (2019)

Writing Strategies Used by Indonesian EFL Graduate Students

Nanik Rahmawati (Sebelas Maret University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2019

Abstract

The study is aimed at investigating the English language writing strategies used by Indonesian graduate students at an academic writing class. The objectives of this study were to determine the types of writing strategies used by the students and to find out why the students employed such strategies. The study applied a qualitative method approach. A structured interviews and open-ended questionnaire based on Cazrl and Petric writing strategies inventory were employed in collecting data. The result showed that students used three major strategies which are before, during and after writing strategies. Secondly, the reason why they employed such strategies are students’ belief, students’ awareness, students’ language proficiency, writing time, and writing activity environment. The implication of the study are that writing time and environment may become a foundation to develop a teaching method or technique which may be implemented in a classroom teaching activity to achieve a better writing outcome. Moreover, By understanding the differences of the writing strategies employment, it exploits what differ the high and the low to upgrade the students writing quality into a better writing.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijer

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

IJER (E-ISSN 2541-2159) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides publication of articles in all areas of educational research. It aims to promote excellence through dissemination of high-quality research findings and provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world ...