The importance of prewriting strategies in the students' writing production
Joint Authors
Ahmed, Sagvan Mohammed Ali
Berivan Ahmed Hasan
Issue
Vol. 2023, Issue 45 (30 Apr. 2023), pp.219-233, 15 p.
Publisher
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Publication Date
2023-04-30
Country of Publication
Lebanon
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
Preparation for writing is an indispensable step that determines students' success in writing.
The present research is fundamentally centered on the prewriting strategies in the students' writing production.
It is an attempt to know whether the students of the English Department, College of Languages at Duhok University apply prewriting strategies or not.
Furthermore, they aim to uncover the preparatory strategies, processes and mental techniques that students apply before writing.
For the Methodology section, the data were collected via a questionnaire among second stage students of the English Department.
The questionnaire was composed of ten questions covering different aspects of prewriting strategies.
The participants consisted of 15 male and female sophomore students.
The outcomes of the questionnaire turned out as the following : only 26% of the students said that they always apply prewriting strategies, while 66% said they sometimes apply prewriting strategies, and only 8% of the students said they never apply prewriting strategies prior to writing.
The data collection asserted that the majority of the second-stage students of the English department do not use prewriting strategies frequently and the causes are further presented and explained according to the data collection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ahmed, Sagvan Mohammed Ali& Berivan Ahmed Hasan& Ameen, Sherwan Taha; Sherwan Taha Ameen. 2023. The importance of prewriting strategies in the students' writing production. Vol. 2023, no. 45, pp.219-233.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1492065
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sherwan Taha Ameen…[et al.]. The importance of prewriting strategies in the students' writing production. No. 45 (Apr. 2023), pp.219-233.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1492065
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ahmed, Sagvan Mohammed Ali& Berivan Ahmed Hasan& Ameen, Sherwan Taha; Sherwan Taha Ameen. The importance of prewriting strategies in the students' writing production. . 2023. Vol. 2023, no. 45, pp.219-233.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1492065
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 232-233
Record ID
BIM-1492065