Analysis of pedagogical strategies used by EFL teachers for teaching writing skills to high school students in Loja

Abstract

Abstract:The current study aimed to research pedagogical strategies used by EFL teachers to teach writing skills. It was conducted in three urban public-private educational institutions of Loja city, which is located in the South Region of Ecuador. The population was made of 51 students and 3 teachers. It was a mix ability class; students knowledge ranged from beginners to low intermediate. Regarding teachers experience; it ranged from five to twenty years. It was applied a mixed-method design. Quantitative method was responsible for obtaining statistical results to determine the most used writing strategies and the most common written errors; whereas the qualitative method was used to describe the information provided by the participants during the interviews and class observations. Likewise, the instruments applied were students survey, teacher s interviews, observation sheets, and students written texts. Then, the information gathered was organized, tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted to provide accurate responses to the research questions. The main conclusion of this study was that the implementation of reactive writing strategy was the most effective to help students reduce the number of written errors.