%0 Journal Article
%T Self-regulation in Chinese College students¡¯ EFL writing
%A Jiangkui ZHAO
%A Yuanxing DONG
%J Studies in Literature and Language
%D 2011
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/2121
%X This study aimed to test a model of self-regulated EFL writing that involved the components of motivational beliefs, motivational self-regulation, strategy use and performance in EFL writing. The participants were 617 year-two college English majors in mainland China. Data were analyzed using path analysis via Amos 5.0. Results indicated that the whole model accounted for 33% of the variance in the participants¡¯ EFL writing performance. The findings emphasized the importance of motivational regulation, especially motivational awareness, motivational regulatory strategy use and mastery and outcome goals in self-regulated EFL writing. Key words: Self-regulated EFL writing; Motivational regulation; Writing strategies; EFL writing perofrmance
%K Self-regulated EFL writing
%K Motivational regulation
%K Writing strategies
%K EFL writing perofrmance
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/2121