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Relationships between struggling EFL writers’ motivation, self-regulated learning (SRL), and writing competence in Hong Kong primary schools

  • Barry Bai ORCID logo , Wenjuan Guo EMAIL logo und Chuang Wang
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 2. Mai 2022

Abstract

This study investigated the relationships between struggling writers’ motivation (i.e., interest, self-efficacy, and growth mindset) and their use of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies (i.e., planning, text-generating, self-monitoring, and collaborative learning) and writing competence in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Participants were 368 primary students in Hong Kong who scored 15 or less out of 48 marks in a writing test. They reported a generally moderate level of motivation and lower medium level of SRL strategy use. Especially, the participants reported a low level of interest. Results of structural equation modelling (SEM) suggested that growth mindset had the strongest positive correlations with the struggling EFL writers’ use of SRL strategies. Both self-efficacy and interest also had positive correlations with the students’ SRL strategy use, but only self-efficacy had significant and positive relations with their writing competence. Implications for English teachers to improve instruction for struggling EFL writers’ in order to promote their motivation and SRL strategy use are provided and suggestions for future research are also discussed.


Corresponding author: Wenjuan Guo, School of Education, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China, E-mail:

Funding source: The General Research Fund/Early Career Scheme (GRF/ECS) of Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, China

Award Identifier / Grant number: CUHK 24621518

  1. Research funding: This work was supported by the General Research Fund/Early Career Scheme (GRF/ECS) of Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, China [CUHK 24621518].

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Received: 2020-10-31
Accepted: 2022-03-22
Published Online: 2022-05-02
Published in Print: 2024-01-29

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