SELF-REGULATED WRITING (SRW) STRATEGIES IN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY WRITING

Khoirotun Nisak, Atik Umamah, Eko Suhartoyo

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Abstract : Self-regulated writing (SRW) strategies have been used to regulate students' writing in many aspects, especially writing an argumentative essay. Students often feel difficult to write an argumentative essay, so they need to apply SRW strategies to enhance their writing quality. This study was carried out to explore two research objectives; to find out the SRW strategy that is frequently used by EFL undergraduate students from three levels (e.g. high, middle, and low proficiency) and to examine the correlation between students' SRW and proficiency in writing argumentative essay. This study employed a quantitative approach using two research designs, descriptive quantitative and correlational designs. This current study involved 76 English Department students, and they were required to fill out a Self-Regulated Writing Argumentative Essay Questionnaire (SRWAEQ). The collected data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in the form of correlational analysis using Pearson Product Moment from the statistical formula of the SPSS 27.0 version. The results of this current study revealed that overall SRW is moderately used by students. Interestingly, all students (students with high, moderate, and low proficiency) prefer to use the social behavior dimension as their self-regulated writing strategies. The results of this current study revealed that overall SRW is moderately used by students. Interestingly, all students (students with high, moderate, and low proficiency) prefer to use the social behavior dimension as their self-regulated writing strategies. Regarding the correlation, this current study showed that there is no significant correlation between students’ SRW and proficiency in writing an argumentative essay. It is implied that students’ scores in argumentative essay writing were not influenced only by the SRW strategy.

 

Keywords : Argumentative essay, self-regulated writing, writing strategies


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