Open AccessDynamics of ESL Writing Performance: A Theoretical Framework
Author(s) -
Kiran Shehzadi,
Ananthnarayan Hariharan,
I N. Krishnasamy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-801X
pISSN - 2415-007X
DOI - 10.52131/pjhss.2018.0601.0039
Subject(s) - second language writing , dynamics (music) , psychology , empirical research , anxiety , affect (linguistics) , academic writing , linguistics , language proficiency , computer science , english as a second language , second language , mathematics education , pedagogy , communication , philosophy , epistemology , psychiatry
The objective of this research is to investigate the dynamics of English as a Second Language (here onwards, ESL) writing and to present a theoretical framework for empirical testing the proposed factors affecting ESL writing. The analysis of literature showed that ESL writing anxiety and the use of first/native language (L1) are among the key factors that significantly affect ESL writing performance of students at various academic levels. Additionally, it is also revealed that ESL writing self-efficacy is a factor that is related to ESL writing performance as well as ESL writing anxiety and the interference of the first language in ESL writing. The interference model, the linguistic interdependence model, common underlying proficiency hypothesis and the self-efficacy theory are the theories that theoretically support such empirical investigation. Therefore, it is proposed that ESL writing self-efficacy should be examined as a moderating variable in the relationship of ESL writing anxiety and the use of L1 with ESL writing performance in future research.