Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Yun, Youngmi
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Description
Title
Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author(s)
Yun, Youngmi
Issue Date
2005
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Davidson, Fred
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Tests and Measurements
Language
eng
Abstract
The results of the comprehensive modeling using structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed L2 language knowledge as the most important predictor for L2 writing performance with all five variables explaining 70.4% of the variance in L2 writing performance. Further, a simultaneous multi-group SEM with high and low- L2 writing ability groups indicated that L2 writing performance was explained by the full model to a different degree for each group as well as to a different manner across the groups. Based on these findings, practical implications for EFL writing instruction, writing assessment, and research methodology were addressed.
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