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June 2016  \n Australian International Academic Centre, Australia  \n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |\n| Flourishing Creativity & Literacy |  |  |\n\nIndonesian EFL Students’Perspective on Writing Process:  \nA Pilot Study  \nImelda Hermilinda Abas (Corresponding author)  \nUniversiti Utara Malaysia, College of Arts and Sciences, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia  \nE-mail: [imelabas@yahoo.com](imelabas@yahoo.com)  \nNoor Hashima Abd Aziz  \nDepartment of Language Studies, School of Education and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia, College of  \nArts and Sciences, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia  \n[E-mail: noor934@uum.edu.my](E-mail: noor934@uum.edu.my)  \nDoi:10 .7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.3p.21  \nURL: [http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.3p.21](http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.3p.21)  \nReceived: 08/01/2016  \nAccepted: 21/02/2016  \nAbstract  \nThe study was aimed at understanding the EFL Indonesian students’perspective on the writing process. The pilot study involved two male Indonesian postgraduate students in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The Indonesian students were selected based on the following criteria: (1) had enough knowledge in English writing, indicated by the completion of Academic Writing and Research Methodology courses taken in UUM; (2) had written an unpublished thesis during their undergraduate studies in Indonesia and they are writing their master or doctoral thesis in English; (3) used English extensively in writing their assignments, and in daily activities. Pseudonyms were used to refer to the participants as Sukarno and Suharto. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with the participants. The interview sessions took approximately 15-20 minutes for each participant and were videotaped and audiotaped. Semi-structured interview with 15 questions and probes were used. The results showed that the two participants had positive feelings and attitudes towards writing in English. Although they had a hard time in English writing during their undergraduate in Indonesia, they become fond of writing in English in their postgraduate time due to the exposure to English extensively. In composing, they used brainstorming, drafting, pausing, revising and editing in a recursive manner.  \nKeywords: in-depth interview, pilot study, writing process, English as a Foreign Language (EFL)  \n1. Introduction  \nMost English as a foreign language (EFL) students find writing in English to be difficult because they have to use the correct English grammar and vocabulary, apply the writing skills they have learnt, and incorporate these knowledge with their previous experience on the topic given when writing. In relation to the research conducted, the researcher, herself, faced the challenge of writing her doctoral thesis in English. The researcher has discovered that writing is a complex process and recursive in nature, whereby a writer shifts from one stage to another and might shift back to the beginning or the previous part naturally. This paper is on the pilot study of a dissertation that the researcher conducted in order to understand the EFL Indonesian students’perspective on the writing process.  \nLet us begin with the definition of writing. Bereiter and Scardamalia (1987) define writing as “a way for students in all content areas to make meaning for themselves”(p. 5) . In addition, Herrington (1985) associates writing with learning to think and exchanging information in their particular domains. Writing is one of the four aspects of language in English beside listening, speaking and reading. It is essential particularly in the 21st century, in the education context to be successful professionals (Applebee, Langer, Mullis, Latham & Gentile, as cited in Hamman, 2005; Johannesen, 2001) .  \nWhat makes writing so different from the other skills such as listening, speaking and reading? Speaking and listening are acquired naturally for the first and","cbCaikqBwYts9AEj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikqBwYts9AEj","pdf",188283,"English","# Introduction\n## Writing as a Complex, Recursive Process\n## Challenges for EFL Writers\n## Importance of Writing in Academic Success\n## Factors Behind Writing Problems","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the pilot study?\",\"answer\":\"To understand Indonesian EFL students’ perspectives on the writing process.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participants selected for the study?\",\"answer\":\"Two postgraduate Indonesian male students were selected based on sufficient English writing knowledge, prior thesis writing experience, and extensive English use in assignments and daily activities.\"},{\"question\":\"What composing strategies did the participants use?\",\"answer\":\"They used a recursive approach including brainstorming, drafting, pausing, revising, and editing.\"}]","Indonesian EFL Students’Perspective on Writing Process - A Pilot Study | PDF",1792067527,18]