Park, Eun Hwa. 2017. Writing Types of Korean College Students through
Self-Assessed use of Writing Strategies. Language Information. Volume 25.
37-56. This study aims to investigate what types of self-assessed use of writing
strategies Korean vocational college students use and what types of writing
strategy use they favor. A total of 519 students from five vocational backgrounds
participated Air service, Secretarial studies, Tourism English, Hotel management,
and so on. They responded to the Writing Strategy Questionnaire (Petric & Czarl,
2003) which consisted of “Before writing”, “When writing”, and “When
revising”based on a five-point Likert-type scale response format. The results of
overall writing strategy use showed that the participants used fewer strategies
in planning than in composing and revising. Further, this study conducted
Confirmatory Factor Analysis to investigate the writing types of Korean vocational
college students who responded to self-assessed use. The results showed that
students showed non-planning. Two types were found in composing: solving
and thinking. Three types were found in revising: revising, observing, and
checking. The results suggested that students have their preferred types of writing
strategy use. This can comprise a predictive guideline for teachers and researchers.
Key words: writing strategy use, writing types, factor analysis