Student Perceptions of Topic Selection and Impact on EFL Writing Fluency

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This paper partially replicates Bonzo’s 2008 study, which found a significant increase in writing fluency when students control writing topic selection. The authors collected six timed-writing samples from 52 participants. For three samples, the participants selected the writing topics. For the other three samples, the authors selected the writing topics. The authors transcribed the writing samples and used text analysis software to calculate the total word count and the total unique word count for each sample. The fluency index employed in Bonzo’s 2008 study was then used and a paired samples t-test was performed in SPSS to measure how topic choice influenced writing fluency. The authors found a statistically significant increase in student writing fluency when students selected their own topics. Pre- and post-study surveys, in addition to post-writing surveys, were used to gather learner preferences on topic selection and the writing activities. The writing fluency index employed by Bonzo and in this study has serious limitations; however, instructors may find this paper useful when considering topic choices in their writing courses.

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