Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics
This paper quantitatively predicts the factors that impact English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ Writing Competence (WC), examining the multiple-level effects of three independent constructs (Environmental Factors [EF], Personal Beliefs [BL], Behavioral Factors [BF]) and three moderating var...
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| description | This paper quantitatively predicts the factors that impact English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ Writing Competence (WC), examining the multiple-level effects of three independent constructs (Environmental Factors [EF], Personal Beliefs [BL], Behavioral Factors [BF]) and three moderating variables (gender, academic performance, and self-study time) on EFL students’ WC. The questionnaire was delivered to 85 EFL students at a university in Vietnam, and the findings show that the SRMR index of the estimated model is .46, meaning a good fit. Hypothesis testing validated the positive causality between the exogenous constructs and their corresponding endogenous ones. In the direct relations, EF affects BL the most (75.1%), BF impacts WC (69.3%), and finally, BL influences BF the least (38.4%). In the indirect relations, EF affects WC the most (55.1%), then EF influences BF (28.9%) and finally, BL impacts WC the least (26.6%). The analytical result also revealed the moderating effect of gender on the relation between BF and WC. Still, the moderation of academic performance and self-study time on the relation between BF and WC was rejected. Finally, the authors discuss some major administrative measures to target if stakeholders wish to improve EFL students’ WC. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a43e443b9e1e4a5abb5e18fe6f928dc62025-08-20T03:08:06ZengHO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCEHo Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences2734-93572734-96242024-10-0115218019610.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.15.2.3644.20252275Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristicsPhe Quang Chu0Trang Hoang Trang1Dao Thi Anh Vo2University of Finance - Marketing, Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity of Finance - Marketing, Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity of Finance - Marketing, Ho Chi Minh CityThis paper quantitatively predicts the factors that impact English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ Writing Competence (WC), examining the multiple-level effects of three independent constructs (Environmental Factors [EF], Personal Beliefs [BL], Behavioral Factors [BF]) and three moderating variables (gender, academic performance, and self-study time) on EFL students’ WC. The questionnaire was delivered to 85 EFL students at a university in Vietnam, and the findings show that the SRMR index of the estimated model is .46, meaning a good fit. Hypothesis testing validated the positive causality between the exogenous constructs and their corresponding endogenous ones. In the direct relations, EF affects BL the most (75.1%), BF impacts WC (69.3%), and finally, BL influences BF the least (38.4%). In the indirect relations, EF affects WC the most (55.1%), then EF influences BF (28.9%) and finally, BL impacts WC the least (26.6%). The analytical result also revealed the moderating effect of gender on the relation between BF and WC. Still, the moderation of academic performance and self-study time on the relation between BF and WC was rejected. Finally, the authors discuss some major administrative measures to target if stakeholders wish to improve EFL students’ WC.https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/3644collaborative learningcollaborative writingenglish as a foreign languagescltwriting competence |
| spellingShingle | Phe Quang Chu Trang Hoang Trang Dao Thi Anh Vo Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences collaborative learning collaborative writing english as a foreign language sclt writing competence |
| title | Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| title_full | Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| title_fullStr | Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| title_short | Predicting factors impacting EFL students’ writing competence: Examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| title_sort | predicting factors impacting efl students writing competence examining the moderating effects of personal characteristics |
| topic | collaborative learning collaborative writing english as a foreign language sclt writing competence |
| url | https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-en/article/view/3644 |
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