The Effect of Brainstorming as a Pre-writing Strategy on EFL Advanced Learners' Writing Ability (original) (raw)
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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of brainstorming strategy on EFL learners' writing performance. To this end, eighty four Iranian EFL intermediate learners were invited in this study. Their performance on the pretest and posttest in both experimental and control groups has been taken into account. As data analysis indicated, the experimental group's performance on the post test was considerably higher than that of their performance on the pre-test. The results of the Analysis of Covariance revealed that the instruction of brainstorm strategy had a positive effect on EFL learners' writing achievements. It also made them more active, which might make them responsible for their own learning and likely to learn better.
Brainstorming to Develop EFL Writing Skills: Bangladeshi Secondary Level Students’ Perceptions
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Writing is a fundamental skill that is taught in schools and the idea of brainstorming is intertwined with writing. The study aims at investigating the perceptions of secondary level students of Bangladesh on brainstorming to develop their writing skills in EFL classroom. This study employed a mixed-method approach to gather data from the students, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods. To ensure comprehensive data collection, a questionnaire was utilized, comprising a combination of open-ended and close-ended items. This study reveals the positive perceptions of students. The findings highlight how brainstorming contributed to developing various aspects of writing. Educators can leverage these findings to implement brainstorming in their EFL writing class.
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Brainstorming is a valuable pre-writing activity in enabling learners to get started in writing classes. The present qualitative study explored the participants’ perceptions regarding the use of the method after experiencing it in online writing classes. The participants were selected based on convenience sampling, and their age range was 19 to 23. They had participated in private writing classes and volunteered to take part in interviews performed after the course. The interviews were also done virtually via WhatsApp, during which the respondents answered six questions. The analysis of the interviews led the researchers to extract eight significant themes, which were then divided into advantages and disadvantages. The interviewees mentioned idea generation, encouraging new ideas, becoming open-minded, enhancing motivation to write, and creating stronger rapport with classmates as the positive features of brainstorming. The disadvantages consisted of being distracted by too many ide...
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Some of the students' problems in writing skill stem from inadequate preparation for the writing assignment. Students should be taught how to write well when they arrive in language classes. Having selected a topic, the students examine and explore the theme from as large a variety of viewpoints as their background and imagination make possible. Another strategy is that the students prepare an Outline before writing the paper. The comparison between the two mentioned thought provoking techniques was carried out between the two class groups -students of Islamic Azad University of Dezful who were studying "Writing 2" as their main course. Each class group was assigned to write five compositions separately in different periods of time. Then a t-test for each pair of exams between the two class groups showed that the t-observed in each pair was more than the t-critical. Consequently, the first hypothesis which states those who utilize Brainstorming as a thought provoking technique in prewriting phase are more successful than those who outline the papers before writing was verified.
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Abstract: This study adopted the cognitive process of writing to investigate the composing strategies of Iranian EFL undergraduate learners. Specifically, the study aimed to address the following research questions: (1) What writing strategies do Iranian EFL writers with different writing ability employ while composing? (2) Are there any differences between the writing strategies used by good EFL learners to those used by the poor ones? Think aloud protocols, post writing interviews, written products and stimulated recalls were collected from three skilled and three less skilled EFL writers while completing an argumentative task. Analysis of the data revealed that, despite employing the strategies in combination and in a recursive fashion by both groups, two groups of writers were found to be different in their planning, drafting and reviewing. Specifically, good and poor writers were found to be different in employing certain strategies like rereading, repetition, L1 use and rehear...
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The process of writing has been seen as a problem for many students. This problem because students do not have the ability to develop ideas, creative solution. One of the methods to develop their ideas in writing by using Brainstorming Methods. Not only it, students have opportunities to develop their ideas using Jamboard in Education 4.0, especially it is suitable media in pandemic era. This research taught by brainstorming strategy using (Jamboard Application in Education 4.0), it is help students to develop innovative teaching strategies (brainstorming and concept mapping) on improving the students’ writing ability and creative thinking skill. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to the identify the methods applied by writing students’ ability through brainstorming methods towards English learning achievement in 2013 curriculum. The data were collected through observational used tests and questionnaires. The total samples used in this study were 38 students consisting of class...