correlation between Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ strategic thinking and writing performance

For many years, the importance of strategic thinking as a substantial contributor to educational success has been focus L2 learning research. Intrapersonal and interpersonal skills strategies are still important individual differences in language learning. Writing is one productive that students should develop early stages English Developing this creative skill will help learn other essential such reading, speaking, listening. The aim current study twofold: firstly, finding out Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ writing performance. Secondly, identifying correlation between In view that, correlational research which sample consists (377) from different schools during academic year 2021/2022. Two instruments used achieve aims study: John Pisapia’s (2014) questionnaire adopted find students' an emotive test developed assess After ensuring psychometric features, three applied sample.