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Volume 4, Numéro 2, Pages 130-153
2017-12-29

The Effect Of Students’ Attitudes Towards Writing An English Composition On Their Level Of Achievement

Authors : Bellour Leyla .

Abstract

This paper tries to explore third year students’ attitudes towards writing a composition in English as a foreign language to give insights into how they feel, think and behave vis-a-vis writing; and more importantly, to show the relationship between these attitudes and learners’ level of achievement in this skill. To test my hypotheses, a questionnaire was administered to 3rd year students along with a short interview with the writing teacher of the investigated group. In addition to that, a quantitative analysis was undertaken. The paper demonstrates that students have a negative attitude towards writing a composition in English, and this has a negative effect on their level of achievement.

Keywords

Attitudes; EFL writing; English composition; level of achievement.