Writing Strategies Used by English Department Students with Different Self-Esteem Level to Revise Their Essay(s)

Septemdira Intan Sari Suprobowati, Utari Praba Astuti, Ekaning Dewanti Laksmi

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Abstract: This qualitative study investigated writing strategies used by English Department students with different self-esteem levels to revise their essay(s). This study involved six third-year students of the English Language Teaching study program at Universitas Negeri Malang. They have different self-esteem levels (3 students with high self-esteem and 3 students with moderate self-esteem levels). There were three types of writing strategies that the students with varying levels of self-esteem used to revise their essay(s): monitoring, getting feedback, and revising. Those strategies were considered helpful for the students to improve the quality of their essay(s).

Abstrak: Penelitian kualitatif ini menginvestigasi strategi menulis yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa jurusan Bahasa Inggris dengan tingkat harga diri berbeda untuk merevisi esai mereka. Penelitian ini melibatkan enam siswa tahun ketiga program studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di Universitas Negeri Malang yang memiliki tingkat harga diri berbeda tiga  siswa dengan harga diri tinggi dan tiga siswa dengan harga diri sedang). Ada tiga jenis strategi menulis yang digunakan para siswa tersebut untuk merevisi esai mereka, yaitu monitoring, getting feedback, dan revising. Strategi menulis tersebut dianggap membantu para siswa untuk memperbaiki kualitas esai mereka.

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self-esteem; writing strategies; revising; self-esteem; strategi menulis; merevisi

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