An Analysis of the Contributions of Scholastic Surveys to Composition Skill in EFL Classes
Abstract
This quantitative study investigated EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students’ perceptions of ‘scholastic-survey about social issues at campus and its contributions to their compository skills (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate level)’. This study was carried out through a questionnaire administered to those student writers among four groups of composition writers (N= 126) who conducted scholastic surveys and wrote compositions with their data at Cumhuriyet University in Turkey. Analyses of evaluative criteria and writers’ comments yielded the following results: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students commenting on survey conducting and composition writing showed greater concern and consciousness about contributions of survey conducting to composition writing. This tendency suggests that there is a gradual change in Turkish student writers’ perceptions of survey conducting and English composition instead of topic assigned writings. The results imply that the EFL students’ awareness of primary sources is more than what they have in their minds, and experience together with survey conducting helps for the better compositions than the previous self-esteemed compositions.
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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
8 Mart 2010
Gönderilme Tarihi
8 Mart 2010
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2009 Cilt: 33 Sayı: 2
