Volume 9 Issue 3 Article 3

Examination of the Development of Writing Skills of Turkish Students Who Succeeded in the IELTS Exam

Mustafa Bingol^1
1Law Faculty, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq

Abstract:  The aim of this study is to examine the development of writing skills of Turkish students who are successful in the IELTS exam. This qualitative research is designed in a descriptive phenomenological model. The participants in this study are four female students. The data of the study were collected through a semi-structured interview. The findings obtained were analyzed by content analysis method. The findings of the research show that students focused on the structure of the target language. They memorize word and sentence patterns to improve the content of their essay. To achieve IELTS, they attended online courses and received feedbacks from their peers.

Keywords: Writing Skills, IELTS Exam, Language Learning, Vocabulary

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doi: 10.23918/ijsses.v9i3p29

Published: August 3, 2022

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