Effects of self-efficacy on integrated writing performance: A cross-linguistic perspective

Despite the wide use of integrated writing (IW) tasks in writing practice and assessment, learners’ self-perceived ability to perform this type of writing task is underexplored. The cross-linguistic perspective is largely neglected in the extant literature on writing self-efficacy but there are a hu...

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Veröffentlicht in:System (Linköping) 2023-07, Vol.115, p.103065, Article 103065
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Wandong, Zhao, Pengfei, Yao, Yuan, Pang, Wanru, Zhu, Xinhua
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Zusammenfassung:Despite the wide use of integrated writing (IW) tasks in writing practice and assessment, learners’ self-perceived ability to perform this type of writing task is underexplored. The cross-linguistic perspective is largely neglected in the extant literature on writing self-efficacy but there are a huge number of Chinese-English bilinguals in mainland China. With a sample of 239 university students, this study measured L1 and L2 IW self-efficacy in line with four central processes embodied in IW (e.g., reading-to-write) tasks: ideation, convention, self-regulation, and source use, and tested their direct effects on L1 and L2 IW performance. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results indicated that writing self-efficacy was a positive and significant predictor of learners’ IW performance in the L2 context, but not in the L1 context. It was also observed that IW competence and self-efficacy beliefs transferred between L1 and L2, supporting the critical role of L1 IW competence and self-efficacy beliefs in L2 development. Implications are discussed theoretically and pedagogically to better understand students’ self-beliefs of their writing abilities and actual performance. •Learners' perceived abilities of performing integrated writing tasks are investigated with a cross-linguistic perspective.•Associations between integrated writing self-efficacy and actual performance are influenced by the L1/L2 context.•Integrated writing competence and self-efficacy beliefs transfer between L1 and L2 contexts.
ISSN:0346-251X
DOI:10.1016/j.system.2023.103065