An assessment of academic writing needs of graduate students
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Doç. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk AKCAOĞLU Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özgün Makale
(Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Makale Dili | – | Basım Tarihi | 01-2011 |
| Makale Linki | https://search.proquest.com/openview/fe52b6b8024504b6d34ffbda5882b56e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2026366&diss=y | ||
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Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim
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| This study mainly aimed at investigating the academic writing needs and writing self-efficacy beliefs of graduate students studying at an English-medium university, Ankara. Furthermore, such areas that have a crucial role in determining writing needs as the frequency of writing tasks, usefulness of written sources, perceived importance of academic writing, and role of Turkish while writing were explored. In this study, quantitative data via “Academic Writing Needs Assessment Survey for Graduate Students” were collected from 213 graduate students enrolled at Graduate School of Social Sciences. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, and multiple regression analyses were employed to analyze the data. The results of descriptive statistics indicated that the graduate students need a wider vocabulary repertoire in order to cope with the challenges of academic writing and they are mostly assigned longer … |
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