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Effect of Interdisciplinary Team Teaching on Postgraduate Students’ Beliefs and Confidence in Academic Writing

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Writing confidence and beliefs are commonly viewed as important motivational factors to influence writers’ performance. Closely correlated to writing motivation, Interdisciplinary Team Teaching (ITT) has been proposed as a pedagogical means to support postgraduates who face challenges in international writing and publishing. Based on investigations of 22 postgraduates attending a writing course named “Mastering Writing for Presentation and Publication” (MWPP), this study gained new insights into how ITT affected students’ writing beliefs and confidence. Through a comparison between the subjects of MWPP and participants from a one-teacher writing course, our study reported a horizontal level of writing beliefs in two groups and higher writing and course confidence from MWPP participants. The pre/post-tests within the MWPP course showed significant improvements in students’ confidence. In addition, the qualitative dataset revealed that ITT intervention significantly benefited students’ writing motivation. Overall, our study showed that the ITT-supported MWPP course has produced positive influences on the formation and development of ESL postgraduates’ writing beliefs and boosted their writing confidence.

Source: Creative Education

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2022.139179

Authors: Xiaoya Liu, Xiaoqing Wang, Baofeng Shi, Chun Li, Wei Chen

Institution: Northwest A&F University

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Northwest A and F University, Division of Graduate Education