Completing the first assignment: A case study of the writing processes of a successful and an unsuccessful student

Authors

Ursula Wingate
Rowena Harper, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volume

49

Publisher

Elsevier

School

Office of DVC (Education)

RAS ID

38840

Comments

Wingate, U., & Harper, R. (2021). Completing the first assignment: A case study of the writing processes of a successful and an unsuccessful student. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 49, article 100948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100948

Abstract

© 2020 Previous process-oriented research has predominantly investigated writing processes used by non-native speakers of English (L2) and found that more proficient writers allocate more time to planning and revising than less proficient writers who spend most of their time on formulating. There is so far no exploration of the process use by novice students at university and its relationship to writing performance. Using screen recordings and interviews, we compared the writing processes and behaviours of a successful and unsuccessful student and identified considerable differences in time allocation and the interaction and recursiveness of processes. The findings highlight the importance of integrating a focus on effective process use into academic writing instruction.

DOI

10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100948

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