Invistigating Learners Writing Strategies : the case of Second-Year Students at the English Departement of MMUTO
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2017
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present study is concerned with investigating the writing strategies of the secondyear
BMD students in the department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-
Ouzou. It aims at identifying the most frequent strategies used by students as well as the role
of the teacher in enhancing students’ writing to overcome their difficulties. This study is
based mainly on the framework of Steve Graham and Dolores Perin (2007). The research
tools that are used for collecting data are the questionnaire, the interview and the written
productions of second-year students of the English department. For the analysis of data the
mixed method research is used, the study combines the quantitative and the qualitative
methods. It uses the statistical method to elicit statistical data, then, adopts Qualitative
Content Analysis for the interpretation and explanation of the results. The gathered data are
analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results obtained
show that second-year students of the English department use most of the strategies provided
by Steve Graham and Dolores Perin in their writing and to prepare their compositions.
Moreover, they have also revealed that the teacher plays an important role in developing
students’ writing abilities
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Linguistique Appliquée et Sémiotique Sociale