Supervisors' Perspectives on Graduate Students' Problems in Academic Writing

Autor/inn/en	Hawari, Omar Moh'd Amer; Al-Shboul, Yasser; Huwari, Ibrahim Fathi
Titel	Supervisors' Perspectives on Graduate Students' Problems in Academic Writing
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 11 (2022) 1, S.545-556 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hawari, Omar Moh'd Amer) ORCID (Al-Shboul, Yasser) ORCID (Huwari, Ibrahim Fathi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Doctoral Dissertations; Writing Difficulties; Teacher Attitudes; Writing Attitudes; Study Abroad; Foreign Countries; Doctoral Students; Grammar; Vocabulary Skills; Student Motivation; Writing Apprehension; Text Structure; Student Problems; Malaysia; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Schreibstörung; Lehrerverhalten; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Grammatik; Aktiver Wortschatz; Schulische Motivation; Textstruktur; Studienproblem
Abstract	Writing is very important for learners; it is a dynamic and creative skill. Although studies on students' problems when writing a dissertation among Native Speakers (NS) are widely done, studies on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are limited, especially those which examine problems faced while writing dissertations among Ph.D. EFL learners, in particular, Jordanian Ph.D. candidates. Studies on the supervisors' perspectives of writing a dissertation are scarce among EFL learners, particularly Arab learners. This study aims at focusing on supervisors' perspectives of writing dissertations among Jordanian Ph.D. students who are studying abroad. This study is a qualitative case study. The researchers interviewed nine Malaysian supervisors who supervised 21 Jordanian Ph.D. candidates. The results show that six main themes emerged from the supervisors' perspectives, and they are grammatical mistakes, lack of vocabulary and verbs reporting, personal effects, lack of motivation, writing apprehension, and the problem with generic thesis structure. This paper contributes with a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical perspectives on problems Ph.D. students face when writing a dissertation. The study also fills in the gap in the field of supervisors' perspectives of writing a dissertation. Based on the results found, the researchers suggest a number of recommendations and further research that might help supervisors understand the reasons behind such difficulties. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01