MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS

This study was aimed at reconstructing the mental processes involved in academic writing. This qualitative case study involved two lecturers in University of Kuningan since they were considered able to engage mental processes in their steps of writing for academic purposes or scientific manuscript....

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Main Authors: Fahrus Zaman Fadhly, Nurul Hasanah, Vina Agustiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Kuningan 2017-07-01
Series:Indonesian EFL Journal
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Online Access:https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/667/524
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author Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
Nurul Hasanah
Vina Agustiana
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description This study was aimed at reconstructing the mental processes involved in academic writing. This qualitative case study involved two lecturers in University of Kuningan since they were considered able to engage mental processes in their steps of writing for academic purposes or scientific manuscript. The data were obtained through in-depth interview. As result, there are some mental processes involved in the writing activity experienced by the writers. Those mental processes are differently involved in the steps of writing starting from brainstorming, planning, drafting, revising, editing, until proofreading stage. Besides, this study revealed the ways how the writers develop their writing in case of producing a long composition without losing the essence of the paper, how the writers overcome the sticking in their writing process, the writers special writing features and what they expect from the reader after reading their writing. It also revealed that the differences experienced by the participants in each stage of writing are strongly influenced by their areas of interest, writing behavior and their writing style.
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spelling doaj.art-ba757c59d05f462bb03419478a004f052022-12-21T19:12:23ZengUniversitas KuninganIndonesian EFL Journal2252-74272541-36352017-07-013220321410.25134/ieflj.v3i2.667MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERSFahrus Zaman Fadhly0Nurul Hasanah1Vina Agustiana2University of KuninganUniversity of KuninganUniversity of KuninganThis study was aimed at reconstructing the mental processes involved in academic writing. This qualitative case study involved two lecturers in University of Kuningan since they were considered able to engage mental processes in their steps of writing for academic purposes or scientific manuscript. The data were obtained through in-depth interview. As result, there are some mental processes involved in the writing activity experienced by the writers. Those mental processes are differently involved in the steps of writing starting from brainstorming, planning, drafting, revising, editing, until proofreading stage. Besides, this study revealed the ways how the writers develop their writing in case of producing a long composition without losing the essence of the paper, how the writers overcome the sticking in their writing process, the writers special writing features and what they expect from the reader after reading their writing. It also revealed that the differences experienced by the participants in each stage of writing are strongly influenced by their areas of interest, writing behavior and their writing style.https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/667/524mental processacademic writingstages of writing
spellingShingle Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
Nurul Hasanah
Vina Agustiana
MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
Indonesian EFL Journal
mental process
academic writing
stages of writing
title MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
title_full MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
title_fullStr MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
title_full_unstemmed MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
title_short MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS
title_sort mental process of writing for academic purposes a case study of indonesian writers
topic mental process
academic writing
stages of writing
url https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/667/524
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