The study of individual difference variables in the realm of written feedback is one of the significant lines of research which has been reinvigorated in the last few years. These variables are believed to affect both students’ engagement with feedback and their writing improvement. The present correlational study investi- gated the relationship betw...

Employing an explanatory sequential design, this study investigated the effects of a blog-mediated writing course on L2 students’ writing motivation, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. A number of 46 Iranian EFL learners from 2 intact university classes were recruited as the participants and were randomly assigned into the control group (n = 21) and the experimental group (n ...

  This study was undertaken to examine the role of parental involvement dimensions in the academic motivation of primary school 6th graders in Babol. This research had a descriptive, correlational design. The statistical population of the study was comprised of 6th graders, along with their parents in school year 2017-18. The sample was drawn via one-stage cluster sampling method and based on M...

Considering the benefits of preparation for writing in the pre-writing phase, this study attempted to examine the effects of different pre-task strategic planning activities (i.e., pre-task form-focus planning, content-focus planning, and no planning) on writing accuracy and motivation. To achieve the objectives of this study, sixty intermediate EFL learners were selected from an English langua...

Title of Document: CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, MOTIVATION, AND STRATEGIES TO KOREAN COLLEGE STUDENTS’ L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT Soo Eun Chae Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Directed By: Professor Patricia A. Alexander, Department of Human Development The current study examined Korean college students’ L2 writing development and performance, motivation, and strategies while taking ESL writing clas...

The present study serves as an attempt to shed light on any probable effect of self-regulation and motivation on the writing performance of Persian EFL language learners. To achieve the purpose, two questionnaires (on self-regulation and motivation) were employed as study tools and were distributed among 80 Persian EFL language learners. They were also required to write an essay. Analyzing the ...

The purpose of this article is to examine the contribution made by the selfefficacy component of A. Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory to the study of writing in academic settings. A brief overview of Bandura’s social cognitive theory and of self-efficacy is first provided, followed by a description of the manner in which writing self-efficacy beliefs are typically operationalized and ass...