Looking from Mixed Approaches in Writing Self-Efficacy : A New Angle

Research in self-efficacy has well been established in educational and language field. Correlational studies have shown that self-efficacy beliefs and educational achievement are two related variables which significantly affect one's achievement and action.Studies found that learners with high self-efficacy are more confident and persevere in confronting difficulties in learning.Nevertheless,one academic area that has received little attention from self-efficacy researchers is written composition.For years,learners have struggled to grasp writing skills and thus studying writing self-efficacy perhaps can warrant a way to improve learners' writing skills.To date,there are limited researches in writing self-efficacy and they have been correlational so far.Accordingly,this book offers methodological research-based practices related to writing skills and writing self-efficacy to provide a more dynamic approach in researching self-efficacy particularly in the area of writing skills.Different from previous studies,this book will combine two different approaches namely qualitative and quantitative methods to look into writing self-efficacy.