Abstract
Many studies had examined writing strategies in ESL context. However, very few studies examined writing strategies by university students within foreign language learning contexts in Indonesia. Considering that reason, the researcher conducts a survey in EFL context focusing on writing strategies mostly used by 126 students enrolled in essay writing class. This study was conducted by using quantitative method, survey design, and English Writing Strategies Inventory (EWSI) questionnaire as the instruments. The result of this study shows that the predominant learning style of the students are determining the purpose and reading some materials related to the topic before start to write, checking the logical flow through paragraph when writing, and reviewing the writing to look for and correct grammatical errors after writing. It also found that the tendency of students to use EWSI is categorized as high since the frequency of strategy use in each category is high.
Highlights
To be able to write a well written text, students need strategies in writing (Lili, 2015). Asmari (2013), claimed that writing strategies is a factor that gives impact on students during the writing process as well as helps students to solve the problem in writing
Based on table 1, it is concluded that students prefer to use strategy in item 3 and 7 which are “I make the purpose of my writing clear” with a mean score of 3.91 and “To generate ideas, I refer to a victory of reading materials” with a mean score of 3.91
The other strategies with high usage are item 1 “I consider what will be assessed in my writing”, 2 “I consider what the requirements of the writing task are”, and 6 “I make an outline in English”
Summary
To be able to write a well written text, students need strategies in writing (Lili, 2015). Asmari (2013), claimed that writing strategies is a factor that gives impact on students during the writing process as well as helps students to solve the problem in writing. To be able to write a well written text, students need strategies in writing (Lili, 2015). Asmari (2013), claimed that writing strategies is a factor that gives impact on students during the writing process as well as helps students to solve the problem in writing. Arifin (2017) argued that writing strategies are individual strategies adopted by writers to overcome their problems during writing processes. There is an urgent need for EFL students to have writing strategies because those things are important in the academic world and in the professional field (Arifin, 2017; Asmari, 2013; Lili, 2015;). Students’ Predominant Learning Style in EFL Writing Class. Education of English as Foreign Language Journal (EDUCAFL). 2022: Vol 5 (1): 28-34
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