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 2015/08
Type Academic Paper
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title Good writing from a student's perspective
Contribution Type Multiple author(s)
Journal JALT2014 Conference Proceedings
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
Volume, Issue, Page pp.565-571
Total page number 7
Authorship Lead author
Author and coauthor Gavin Brooks
Details This paper reports a qualitative study investigating the writing experiences, perceptions, and practices of eight university students studying English in the Kansai region of Japan. Through semi-structured interviews, students were asked to reflect on their writing backgrounds, writing processes, and rhetorical choices. The analysis revealed that some students entered university with no experience writing academic texts in either Japanese or English, suggesting a need for greater exposure to academic writing within writing courses.