2014
DOI: 10.5392/jkca.2014.14.10.829
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English Writing Strategies of Korean Students: Exploring Written Texts and Interviews with the Teacher

Abstract: This study aims at investigating Korean EFL students' writing strategies through their rhetorical patterns and meaning-making for a writing task in an English writing classroom at a Korean university. The participants were the students and teacher in the course, and the data comprised nine pieces of students' opinion writing and interviews with the teacher. To analyze the data, a 'Claim-Support' pattern was adopted. The findings show that most students, 89%, demonstrated the same or similar elements in the 'Cl… Show more

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“…More than 40% of the students suggested to increase the opportunity of practicum, and this is the evidence to show the students' creativity and positive attitudes toward learning. These findings are significantly different from Lee and Kim (2014) in which students showed passive learning in the Korean context [13].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 52%
“…More than 40% of the students suggested to increase the opportunity of practicum, and this is the evidence to show the students' creativity and positive attitudes toward learning. These findings are significantly different from Lee and Kim (2014) in which students showed passive learning in the Korean context [13].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 52%