Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach

Renewed calls for identifying other variables and validating previous models that account for the complex interplay of mechanisms that are activated in the writing process have been made. In response to this call, the study investigates whether text production processes (idea generation, idea enco...

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Main Authors:	Leah Espada Gustilo, Carlo Magno
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/1/8787-25692-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-88642016-12-14T06:48:16Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/ Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach Leah Espada Gustilo, Carlo Magno, Renewed calls for identifying other variables and validating previous models that account for the complex interplay of mechanisms that are activated in the writing process have been made. In response to this call, the study investigates whether text production processes (idea generation, idea encoding, idea/text revision, and idea transcription) mediate the effect of topic knowledge, linguistic knowledge, writing approach, and writing experience on writing performance. Writer’s performance was measured by timed essays, while the psycholinguistic and linguistic variables were measured by scales and tests. Results yielded by Structural Equations Modeling indicate that topic knowledge and linguistic knowledge have direct effects on writing performance and indirect effects on writing performance through text production process. Writing approach and writing experience do not directly affect writing performance, but they indirectly affect writing performance through text production processes. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/1/8787-25692-1-PB.pdf Leah Espada Gustilo, and Carlo Magno, (2015) Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 21 (2). pp. 115-130. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/638
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description	Renewed calls for identifying other variables and validating previous models that account for the complex interplay of mechanisms that are activated in the writing process have been made. In response to this call, the study investigates whether text production processes (idea generation, idea encoding, idea/text revision, and idea transcription) mediate the effect of topic knowledge, linguistic knowledge, writing approach, and writing experience on writing performance. Writer’s performance was measured by timed essays, while the psycholinguistic and linguistic variables were measured by scales and tests. Results yielded by Structural Equations Modeling indicate that topic knowledge and linguistic knowledge have direct effects on writing performance and indirect effects on writing performance through text production process. Writing approach and writing experience do not directly affect writing performance, but they indirectly affect writing performance through text production processes.
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title	Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach
title_short	Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach
title_full	Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach
title_fullStr	Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach
title_full_unstemmed	Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach
title_sort	explaining l2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a sem approach
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8864/1/8787-25692-1-PB.pdf
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Explaining L2 writing performance through a chain of predictors: a SEM approach

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