The Academic Writing Approaches of Turkish Graduate Students of English Language

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This study investigates Turkish graduate students’ academic writing approaches and processes at English-based departments. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 70 graduate students at English departments from different universities in Turkey. Subjects were only graduate students who have been carrying out or have recently completed their either master or doctoral studies. “The Inventory of Graduate Writing Processes” was used as the quantitative research instrument. Semi– structured interviews were also conducted under certain criteria. The findings displayed that Turkish graduate students have relatively deep writing approach compared to surface level writing and aware of the optimum components of academic writing at the conceptual level. However, they appear to be unsure about the process of academic writing, and need both explicit academic writing course and affective support due to motivational concerns, procrastination, and low self-efficacy.

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graduate writing , English writing , academic writing

Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences