Students’ Writing Strategies in Learning Writing at Muhammadiyah University of Kendari.

Syahriani, Syahriani and Madya, Suwarsih (2019) Students’ Writing Strategies in Learning Writing at Muhammadiyah University of Kendari. S2 thesis, Pascasarjana.

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Abstract

The use of writing strategies has been widely acknowledged to improve students’ writing achievement. Due to lack knowledge of writing strategies, it is important for students to explore their learning strategies in writing. This study is aimed to 1). describe the students’ writing strategies preference in every writing stage, 2). elaborate the differences in writing strategies employed by male and female students of Muhammadiyah University of Kendari, 3). identify the differences in writing strategies employed by low and high proficiency students of Muhammadiyah University of Kendari, 4). find out the students’ perception on the usefulness of writing strategies in every writing stage, 5). examine the differences of writing strategies usefulness perceived by male and female students of Muhammadiyah University of Kendari, 6). examine the differences of writing strategies usefulness perceived by high and low proficiency students of Muhammadiyah University of Kendari. A survey study was conducted to English Department students of a Private Islamic University in Kendari with a total of 140 students as the participants. They consisted of 102 female students and 38 male students. The data were obtained from questionnaire, semi-structured interview and the writing score. The data from questionnaire were analyzed using statistical analysis get the mean score. The data from interview were transcribed and coded to support the result of the questionnaire. The writing score is used as measurement for the students’ achievement on writing. It was also used to determine the students’ proficiency levels. The participants were reported to use the writing strategies from most to least used: metacognitive, rhetorical, cognitive, social/affective, and communicative strategies. The participants' perceptions regarding the usefulness of the strategy items also showed a similar pattern.The result showed that participants perceived rhetorical, social/affective, and metacognitive strategies as the most useful strategies in their writing activities. Gender wise, the results showed that the male students employ more strategies than the females, while high proficiency students tend to use more strategies than the low proficiency students. The result also showed that there is no significant difference in the frequency of writing strategy use between male and female students as well as the high and low proficiency students in every writing stage. However, the students used more strategies at pre-writing and while writing stages than at the revising stage.

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	perception, pre-writing, revising, while writing, writing strategies
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	Sekolah Pascasarjana (SPS) > Program Pascasarjana > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Perpustakaan Pascasarjana
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2019 02:36
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2021 07:25
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/66716

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