Kurniawan, Dedy and Hidayati, Hidayati (2016) Audience Awareness in EFL Writers: A Preliminary Study at English Education Study Program University of Jambi. ISELT (International Seminar on Language Teaching), 2 (2). pp. 79-86. ISSN 2597 - 4319
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Abstract
As a mode of communication, writing should be viewed as representing a dialog between the writers and their readers. This view of writing a a social process (e.g. Hyland, 2003) advocates that writers should try to accommodate their readers' interests, needs, expectations, etc., in their writings. This concept called "Audience Awareness", is very crucial to writing instructions, and has been considered as writing skill that has to be mastered by skilled writers (Clark, 2003; Hyland, 2003). However, apart from somewhat vague instructions for the learners to "consider your readers when writing", this notion is relatively rarely discussed and studied, particularly in Indonesian context. This preliminary study aims at investigating audience awareness as perceived by Indonesian EFL writers. The primary data of this descriptive qualitative study were collected through interview to 12 students of English Education study Program, University of Jambi, selected purposively by applying maximum variation sampling strategy. The data were analyzed thematically. Four salient themes emerging from the study, i.e.: (1) Vague (2) (in) ability to address the audience (3) Awareness of the audience (2) Effects of Real Readers to audience awareness, and (4) Lack of instruction in audience awareness, as well as their pedagogical implications are discussed in depth in this paper.
Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
Divisions: | Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
Depositing User: | Hidayati |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2021 18:30 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2021 18:30 |
URI: | https://repository.unja.ac.id/id/eprint/17693 |
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