چکیده:
This study investigates the relation between EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' autonomy, their identity styles, and their writing ability and it aims to show which independent variables have higher predicting power on variances in writing. To this end, 60 Iranian university EFL students at the language center of the researchers' institution were selected to participate in this study. The results of Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis on participants' answers to learner autonomy and identity styles questionnaires and their writing performance indicated that all identity style types significantly correlate and predict learner autonomy and only commitment identity style could predict writing ability. Multiple mediation analysis indicated that the identity styles significantly mediated the effect of autonomy on writing. The findings can provide insights to operationalize autonomous learning, learner-centered learning and individualized learning. The implications and suggestions for future direction of research are discussed in the light of limitations of the study.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Mediating Role of Identity Styles and Learner Autonomy in Writing Ability Aisan Norozi MA of TEFL, English Teaching Department, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran E-mail: pazhiya@yahoo.
com Abstract This study investigates the relation between EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' autonomy, their identity styles, and their writing ability and it aims to show which independent variables have higher predicting power on variances in writing.
There has been much research on the relation between learner autonomy and writing (Shangarffam & Ghazi Saeedi, 2013; Bazrafkan & Bagheri, 2014) and on the 98 The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Volume 3, Issue 1, Winter and Spring, 2015, pp.
This study is organized in the following way: a) the rationale for considering learner identity, autonomy and writing is delineated, b) the method in designing and conducting the data collection and analysis is mentioned, and c) results are discussed and suggestions for future research direction and implications are provided in the light of the limitations of the study.
Besides, regression analysis was utilized to investigate which independent variables of identity styles and learner autonomy can predict variances in writing.
Effect of autonomy on writing mediated by identity styles 108 The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Volume 3, Issue 1, Winter and Spring, 2015, pp.
Their study indicated that there is a significant relation between learner commitment as identity style, learner autonomy, and writing ability of Iranian EFL learners.