Students- Revision Behavior in EFL Writing Project Assignment
Mister Gidion Maru, Nihta Liando
Universitas Negeri Manado
Abstract
Writing is a result of process involving idea development and language competence. This research paper reports the investigation of the pattern of students- effort of revising a writing project. It constitutes a qualitative study by obtaining the data through conducting in-depth interviews with two classes of advance level students in English Education Department. Prior to the interview, the students complete a writing assignment in the form of one semester project. As respondents, students answer the main of question of the interview dealing with how they did the EFL writing project assignment. The findings reveal that the completion of the project, which undergoes process, requires revision for several times depending upon the allotted time. This revision process portrays students- tendency in revising their writing project such as social media grouping, technology application dependence, in-group dynamics and learning model preference. These findings seem to be pivotal contribution for teachers to design students- project for language learning purpose.
Keywords: Revision Behavior, Writing Project, EFL
Topic: Learning / Teaching Methodologies and Assessment