The role of individual differences in the development and transfer of writing strategies between foreign and first language classrooms
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Publication Date
2019-07-04Journal Title
Research Papers in Education
ISSN
0267-1522
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
34
Issue
4
Pages
445-464
Type
Article
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Forbes, K. (2019). The role of individual differences in the development and transfer of writing strategies between foreign and first language classrooms. Research Papers in Education, 34 (4), 445-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2018.1452963
Abstract
While the importance of considering the wide variation among language learners has been brought to the forefront in recent years, the impact of such individual differences on the process of second or foreign language writing has been largely neglected. This paper aims to explore the ways in which individual students develop and transfer strategies within and between foreign language (FL) and first language (L1) writing. A two-phase intervention of strategy-based instruction was conducted primarily in the FL German classroom, and later also in the L1 English classroom of a Year 9 (age 13-14) class in a secondary school in England. This paper draws on in-depth qualitative data from writing tasks and stimulated recall interviews. A range of students' trajectories through the intervention were evaluated and four distinct writer 'profiles' were identified: the strategic writer, the experimenter, the struggling writer and the multilingual writer. Both the development and transfer of strategies for these students were shown to be influenced by a complex and dynamic range of factors such as the learner's proficiency level, their level of metacognitive engagement with the task, their attitude towards writing and their strategic use of other languages in their repertoire.
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ESRC (1224868)
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2100-01-01
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2018.1452963
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/276445
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