Promoting EFL Writing Skills Using a Web-Mediated Process Genre Approach among EFL Majors at Faculties of Education

Abstract

The current study investigated the effects of a suggested Web-Mediated Process Genre (WMPG)-based Program on developing the writing skills of EFL majors. Participants were third year EFL majors enrolled in Sohag Faculty of Education. The two-group post-assessment design was utilized in the experiment, (N=23) for the experimental group and (N=23) for the control group. Materials and instruments of research included a test of EFL writing skills (WT) and the suggested WMPG-based program. The experiment was conducted at the beginning of the first term of academic year 2017-2018. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group on the post-WT in favor of the experimental group. These results revealed that the suggested WMPGbased Program brought about significant gains in the writing performance of participants. Therefore, the suggested WMPGA-based program was recommended to be integrating into EFL writing instruction.

The Effect of Vocabulary Strategy Training on EFL Majors' Quality of Writing

“…The results of the present research are also in accordance with the results of the studies that handled learner-centered techniques and autonomy. These include the studies conducted by Abdel-Haq, et al (2020), Attia (2002), Bouwer, et al (2017), Hassan (2008), andRahimi (2014). Furthermore, the findings of the present research affirm the assumption underlying other studies, that writing quality improves with systematic practice through intended treatment.…”

“…By the same token, designing programs for developing preservice teachers' EFL teaching skills is highly recommended in related studies (Abdel-Haq, et al, 2020;Essousi, 2016;Hassan, 2008;Gohar, 2014;and Zayan, 2015). Such programs would be more effective if they rely on a systematic model or approach that provides assistance and modeling in the different skills needed for pre-service teachers.…”