Investigating the Relationship between Metalinguistic Knowledge and L2 Writing Among Intermediate-level Adult Turkish EFL Learners
Issues in Language Studies, vol.8, no.1, pp.44-63, 2019 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 8 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2019
- Journal Name: Issues in Language Studies
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.44-63
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The present study investigates the nature of metalinguistic knowledge among
intermediate-level adult Turkish EFL learners, and the relationship between their
metalinguistic knowledge and L2 writing in terms of complexity, accuracy and
fluency. The participants of the present study are 78 intermediate-level adult Turkish
EFL learners. The data collection instruments include Oxford Quick Placement Test
(OQPT), Productive Metalinguistic Knowledge Test (PMKT), Receptive Metalinguistic
Knowledge Test (RMKT) (adapted from Ellis, 2009) and opinion essays of a smaller
group of the participants. The results revealed that intermediate-level adult Turkish
EFL learners have moderate to high productive and metalinguistic knowledge. They
are better at explaining why a L2 sentence is grammatically incorrect than referring
to the exact grammar rule and using technical words for the grammatical features.
The results also revealed that there is significant moderate correlation between
metalinguistic knowledge and writing accuracy.