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- Title
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: THE DYNAMICS OF BELIEFS ABOUT L2 WRITING.
- Authors
MANCHÓN, ROSA MARÍA
- Abstract
This study investigated the dynamics of 15 university EFL learners' beliefs about L2 writing, as well as the influence of the instruction received on the changes observed. A self-report questionnaire that tapped 5 dimensions of beliefs about writing (person, task, strategy, teacher, and feedback) was administered at two points during an eight-month EAP course. These data were triangulated with those from (i) a retrospective questionnaire completed by the participants, (ii) a retrospective narrative written by the teacher in charge of the EAP course, and (iii) an interview with the same teacher. Results indicate that the instruction received had an effect on the students' beliefs, especially their self-efficacy beliefs, as well as their beliefs about the nature of writing, and about the role of the writing teacher. Adopting a psycholinguistic approach, these findings are discussed with respect to the conditions of the learning context under study, and implications for research and pedagogy are drawn.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; ACADEMIC discourse -- Study &; teaching; ENGLISH composition education; SECOND language acquisition; STUDENT attitudes; ATTITUDES toward language; EDUCATION research
- Publication
Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada (John Benjamins Publishing Co), 2009, Vol 22, p245
- ISSN
0213-2028
- Publication type
Article