영어어문교육 학술지의 영어 쓰기 연구 20년

A comprehensive review of English writing studies in English Language & Literature Teaching over the past 20 years

This study conducts a comprehensive analysis with a reference to research methodology and topic by analyzing the 67 articles published in English Language & Literature Teaching. All journal articles related to English writing published between 1995 and 2013 were selected and analyzed in terms of eight research methods and seven content areas. Eight categories of research design were identified based on (1) case study, (2) ethnography, (3) survey, (4) quantitative descriptive study, (5) quantitative inference study, (6) experimental study, (7) mixed-method, and (8) theorybased literature review. The contents were also classified into 7 categories such as (1) text analysis, (2) writer & writing process, (3) feedback, (4) instructional design and teaching methods, (5) writing assessment, (6) materials analysis and (7) miscellaneous. The results revealed that most of English writing studies have carried out with diverse topics since 2000 and that writing studies employed more quantitative research method than qualitative method. Contents related to text/discourse analysis, feedback and teaching methods were more frequently selected than others as a research topic. On the basis of the analyses, some implications and suggestions were provided for the future English writing research and practices.