Motivation plays a significant role in teaching academic writing; thus, finding a reliable, valid, and streamlined approach is crucial. With the promising potential of Tan and Bensal’s (2021) Diametric Motivational Approach (DMA) on students’ academic writing proficiency (AWP), it is necessary to investigate its potency by operationalizing it. With a total of 310 Filipino college students from eleven different academic writing classes being the participants of this study, three main statistical analysis methods were conducted to achieve this study’s objectives of (1) operationalizing DMA and (2) validating the correlation between DMA and AWP. First, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was utilized to establish the DMA’s construct validity. Second, multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the significant relationship between DMA’s constructs and AWP. Last, through mediation analysis the direct and indirect effects of DMA constructs to AWP score were presented. The results established the construct validity of DMA and its significant relationship with AWP. Moreover, discussions of the direct and indirect effects of DMA constructs to AWP were elaborated. This paper could open doors to richer discussion and diverse suggestions for future researchers on how academic writing motivation must be approached.
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Abstract Introduction Literature Review Motivations in Academic Writing Instruments for Academic Writing Motivation Filipino Students and Academic Writing Theoretical Framework Methods Sampling Method Procedure Application of DMA Measures Data Analysis Preliminary Statistical Analysis Reliability Analysis Results Confirmatory Factor Analysis Correlation between DMA and AWP Mediation Analysis Discussion Pedagogical Implications Future Directions Conclusion Acknowledgements The Authors References
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The Journal of AsiaTEFL
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1738-3102
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2466-1511
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2004~2026
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SCOPUS,KCI 등재
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KDC 740DDC 420
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / The Journal of AsiaTEFL Vol.19 No.3