‘Righting’ the wrong

Text revision in ESL students’ composing processes in senior high schools in Greater Accra, Ghana

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22155259
AutoresEmmanuel Lauren Oblie (0000-0003-2464-1462, University of Education, Winneba, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas109-139
Data de publicação2023-12-11
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLegon Journal of the Humanities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2458-746X • E-ISSN: 2458-746X
EditoraAfrican Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4314/ljh.v34i2.5
OpenAlexW4389789478
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas9

Revision is a fundamental strategy in second language learners’ text composition primarily because it guarantees congruence between these learners’ translated texts and their writing intentions as they effortfully compose in a nonnative language. As such, as part of a larger study, the current research explores the revision behaviours of learners in English composition in senior high schools in Greater Accra, Ghana. Twenty-four students were purposively sampled to write a timed argumentative essay under think-aloud conditions. The data were analysed using Conijn et al.'s (2021) tagset of revision as an analytical framework. The findings show unique and general characteristics of the trigger, spatial location, sequence, orientation, evaluation, action and linguistic domains of the students’ revision behaviours. Also, the findings reveal significant weaknesses in the revision behaviours of the participants and offer insights into aspects of their overall composing competence. From the findings, English language teachers in Ghana are encouraged to adopt revision-strategy instruction and also develop the cognitive and metacognitive skills of their students

Argumentative · Cognition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Metacognition · Pedagogy · Think aloud protocol · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Social Psychology · Writing and Handwriting Education