The Relationship Between University EFL Students’ Self-Regulation and Writing Performance
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https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1507.08Keywords:
self-regulation, metacognition, self-monitoring, writing performanceAbstract
The current study aims to find out the correlation between Iraqi University EFL students’ self-regulation and writing performance. This is a correlational study with a sample size of 360 EFL students from various universities in Iraq during the academic year 2022-2023. To achieve the aims of this study, two instruments were used: a questionnaire developed by Brown (2007) was adopted to find out students' self-regulation, and a writing performance test was used to assess students’ writing performance. After ensuring the psychometric features, the researchers applied the two instruments to the sample of the study. The results of this study reveal that students have a good level of self-regulation and a rational level of writing performance. Furthermore, the findings also show that the participants’ self-regulation is statistically correlated with their writing performance. In addition, Iraqi EFL University students' self-regulation and writing performance are correlated positively.
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