Open AccessOn the Relationship between Iranian EFL students’
Author(s) -
Behrooz Ghoorchaei,
Morteza Khosravi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of linguistics and education research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2630-5097
DOI - 10.30564/jler.v2i1.377
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , test (biology) , task (project management) , mathematics education , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , mathematics , engineering , geography , statistics , paleontology , archaeology , systems engineering , biology
The study aimed at investigating the relationship between writing strategies, and writing ability of Iranian EFL students. The participants were 120 students learning English in the Iranian EFL context. Data were gathered by means of a writing strategies questionnaire and an IELTS writing task. The results of Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between the variables. The results have some implications for teaching writing in the EFL context.