SocioCultural Context of Writing
A MEASURE OF POSSIBLE SOURCES OF DEMOTIVATING FACTORS IN L2 WRITING: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY VALIDATION
1 2 Mehmet Karaca and Serhat Inan
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Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Investigating the factors demotivating learners in second language writing process has paramount importance. Recently, a great body of research has been devoted to explore possible demotivating factors in language learning in general. However, this is not the case for second language writing. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to find out the main demotivating factors in second language writing among ESP/EAP students in Turkey as an EFL context. For this aim, 400 students from two different state universities participate in this study. Besides, in view of the lack of a scale on demotivating factors in L2 writing, the researchers will develop a second language writing scale on demotivating factors, and through this they explore the demotivating factors in the process of second language writing instruction. The initial items of the scale will be generated by through literature review and compositions of the students. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses will be conducted for the final version of the Second Language Writing Demotivating Factors Scale (SLWDFS) which includes five constructs: the writing teacher, the learner, the teaching/learning context, writing materials and content, and the nature of writing. Possibly, the results will reveal that teaching and learning context and the nature of writing will be the most demotivating factors in writing skill. The findings of the study can be applied in teacher development in general and teacher literacy of writing training in particular.