Gavin BROOKS
   Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies
   Position   Associate Professor
Language Japanese
Publication Date 2015/05
Type Academic Paper
Title Students' writing practices and their perception of the writing process
Contribution Type Multiple author(s)
Journal Kwansei Gakuin Journal of Policy Studies
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher Kwansei Gakuin University
Volume, Issue, Page 49(1),pp.1-6
Total page number 6
Authorship Lead author
Author and coauthor Gavin Brooks
Details This study investigates how Japanese university students approach writing in English by analysing their writing processes through semi-structured interviews. Participants were eight second-year students enrolled in an academic writing course at a private university in Japan. The findings suggest that even high-proficiency learners in both L1 and L2 struggle in academic writing courses because they have had little exposure to the rhetorical structures required in academic discourse.
DOI 10236/13323
ISSN 1341-996X