English Language Attrition Among EFL Learners in Terms of Writing Skills

• 作者: 曹海英
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: WRITING SKILLS attrition nonuse of English EFL LEA
• 年，卷（期）: hwyyb_2012,（1X）
• 页码范围: 123-128
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: H319

摘要

This study aims to identify if participants experience attrition in writing skills after two years’ nonuse of English.70 participants took the tests of writing.A questionnaire was administered to the 70 participants and it included numerous variables that relate to language attrition such as motivation and social activities.The data collected from the tests and questionnaire were analyzed via SPSS.Cronbach’s alpha and Many Facets Rasch Model were used to validate the construct and external reliability.The findings showed that participants experienced an overall statistically significant level of attrition in writing skills.Additionally,the specific skills of pertinence,coherence,clarity but excluding grammar,were seen to experience significant attrition over the two years’ period.Participants showed a lower level of positive motivation and less social activities for learning English language during the two years’ nonuse than before the two years’ nonuse of English and this could have contributed to the writing attrition.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	曹海英		8	10	2.0	2.0