서로 다른 쓰기 전 활동이 초등 6학년 학생들의 영어 쓰기 능력에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different types of pre-writing activities on 6th grade students’ English writing competence. Three classes(A, B, C) with 24-25 students participated in experimental free writing instructions which included different pre-writing activities for 12 weeks. Before the students wrote on a given topic Class A did group discussion and brainstorming, Class B completed a graphic organizer individually and Class C started writing without any pre-writing activity. The students’ writing data were collected from pre- and post-writing tests and three free writing tasks completed during the study. The data were analyzed both in quantitative and qualitative ways. The ANOVA results indicated that different types of pre-writing activities did not bring significant differences in the rate of writing improvement. However, doing some type of pre-writing activity caused significant differences when compared with doing no pre-writing activity. In the qualitative analysis students who went through pre-writing stages showed greater improvement in content and organization of the text. The results imply that doing pre-writing activities can help students improve their free writing abilities in various aspects.