This study is an exploratory case study of writing strategies that Korean EFL graduate students in applied linguistics employed in the semester-long process of L2 computermode research paper writing with the use of multiple resources. Data for writing processes and strategy and resource use were largely collected from a writing strategy inventory questionnaire and writing logs, which were complemented by a keystroke logging program, video recordings and retrospective recall interviews. The results of the study reveal the influence of genre features and variations across writing stages, strategies, resources, and individual writers. Planning was intermingled with researching. The participants deployed certain strategies only at a particular stage or throughout the whole writing process. The students who had higher education in English-speaking countries used fewer strategies and preferred electronic resources to print resources than those who were educated mainly in Korea. The latter also showed a tendency of employing self-regulatory strategies. Findings from the study suggest that the research paper writing process is resourceful, strategic and individually situated, and it involves complex composing behaviors accompanied by more varied strategies and resources than shown in studies of one-time reading-to-write tasks.

Along with the increasing interest in integrated writing in L2 instruction, many studies have investigated language skills and cognitive processes involved in the task. However, relatively less is known regarding the roles of strategic and affective variables in predicting writing performance. The current study, therefore, investigates (a) how strategy, attitudinal, affective, and ability variables are related, and (b) how these variables predict performance in integrated writing. Predictor variables include proficiency, reading comprehension, vocabulary size, L2 strategy use, and attitudes toward reading and writing, and anxiety. Forty-three participants completed an L2 reading-writing integrated task, in which they read reading texts and wrote an essay summarizing the source text and arguing their opinions on the issue. Results showed that proficiency was positively related to reading-to-write strategies, and vocabulary size negatively to reading anxiety; however, ability-related variables generally had no or weak relationships with affective variables. Furthermore, only reading comprehension and reading anxiety were found to be significant predictors of performance in integrated writing.

The current study aimed to explore how students’ L2 writing self-efficacy and interest contribute to strategy use and writing performance. An exploratory factor analysis with 212 Korean college students’ self-reported motivation scores revealed three underlying constructs of self-efficacy, communicative interest, and instrumental interest. Subsequent multiple regression analyses indicated significant positive relations between self-efficacy and the five types of strategy use. Communicative interest appeared to positively contribute to use of planning,monitoring, and compensatory strategies. Instrumental interest was a predictor of retrieval and compensatory strategies. L2 writing strategy use was a statistically significant but minor contributor to L2 writing performance. The current study also suggests that students’ instrumental interest and communicative interest should be balanced. Further research is needed to identify mitigating effects of L2writing strategy use for motivation and performance development.

이 연구의 목적은 모방하기 전략을 활용한 한국어 학습자의 쓰기 양상을 살펴보는 데 있다. 이를 위해 중급 단계 한국어 학습자에게 비교와 대조의 구조 유형의 쓰기 과정 중 쓰기 전 단계에서 구조에 맞는 모델 텍스트를 제시한 후 학습자 스스로 제시된 글의 구조를 파악하고 그것을 새로운 글쓰기에 어떻게 재구성하여 활용하는지 살펴보았다. 모델 텍스트는 쓰기에 부담감을 가지는 한국어 학습자들이 쓰기 활동에 적극적으로 참여할 수 있도록 도와주는 비계를 역할을 하여 학습자 스스로 쓰기 활동을 주도적으로 이끌어 갈 수 있도록 하는데 도움을 준다. 또한 텍스트 구조는 글 쓰는 이의 사고를 논리적으로 연결하여 학습자가 질 높은 텍스트를 완성하는 데 만들어 내는 데 영향을 준다. 이 연구에서는 모델 텍스트의 활용을 통해 먼저 완성된 학습자의 글을 비교와 대조의 마름모형 텍스트 구조를 확인하고, 제공된 정보를 잘 배열하고 조직화하여 응집성을 확보한 계단식 구조로 완성된 텍스트 내용을 확인하였다. 그리고 글에 활용된 구조 표지어를 확인 해 보았다. 이를 통하여 학문 목적 한국어 학습자의 쓰기 지도와 쓰기 능력 향상에 필요한 모방 전략의 가능성을 탐색할 수 있었다.