Reflective writing of Mexican EFL writers: Levels of reflection, difficulties and perceived usefulness

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:34:23Z
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
ResumenThis case study examined the level of reflection in the essays written by 15 Mexican English language teachers taking a Master's Degree course in English as a foreign language (EFL). The essays were evaluated using the categorization scheme for assessing the level of reflection developed by Kember, et al. (2008). Semi-structured interviews were held with information-rich participants to investigate the difficulties experienced with reflective writing and the usefulness attributed to this academic genre. Findings suggest that the categorization scheme is applicable to reflective writing in EFL, although almost half of the participants continued to write in a non-reflective mode throughout the course. Low level of proficiency in English, lack of familiarity with reflective writing, challenges of deductive reasoning, and the absence of productive feedback were their reported difficulties. Reflective writing was deemed useful because it facilitates participation in class discussion, a more thorough completion of course readings, the adoption of a stance towards SLA theories, and improvement of academic writing ability.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n8p1es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/6170
Idiomaenes_ES
RelaciónEnglish Language Teachinges_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n8p1es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteEnglish Language Teaching
Palabra claveAssessmentes_ES
Palabra claveForeign languageses_ES
Palabra claveReflective teachinges_ES
Palabra claveReflective writinges_ES
Palabra claveTeacher educationes_ES
TítuloReflective writing of Mexican EFL writers: Levels of reflection, difficulties and perceived usefulnesses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorRoux, Ruth
AutorMora, Alberto
AutorTamez, Axel
AutorRoux, Ruthes_ES
AutorMora, Albertoes_ES
AutorTamez, Axeles_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número8es_ES
Rango de páginas1-13es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n8p1
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen5es_ES

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