Path Model Analysis on Academic Writing Motivation

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue V, May 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Path Model Analysis on Academic Writing Motivation

Joyce B. Hernando & Elleine Rose Oliva
Department of Teacher Education, UM Panabo College, Panabo City, Philippines 

Abstract: The study’s main objective is to determine the best fit model in academic writing motivation. Additionally, the research aims to assure the significance of the relationship between the exogenous variables: metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, language skills development, and the endogenous variable on academic writing motivation. The study used descriptive -correlational design and Path Model Analysis to determine the most appropriate model on academic writing motivation. Random sampling was used to determine the number of students on each campus. The data was gathered from four hundred (400) students under the education program from five (5) branches of the University of Mindanao: UM Tagum, UM Panabo, UM Peñaplata, UM Bansalan, and UM Digos. Survey questionnaires were used to gather data. The results revealed that the level of metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, development of language skills, and academic writing motivation was at a high level. Based on the results, it was clearly explained that the exogenous variable on metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, language skills development, and the endogenous variable on academic writing motivation that can be seen in the fourth model was the most appropriate model for the research.

Keywords: education, metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, language skills development, academic writing motivation, Philippines

I. INTRODUCTION

Rationale
Writing is not an easy task. It requires a lot of factors to know and consider, such as lexical and grammatical knowledge, which has complex relationships, unity, and even mechanics. The writer must also think about the idea and its logical sequence. Writing is the result of using the methods to manage the process of writing a composition. (Listyani, 269).
In their book “Examining Academic Writing Motivation of Prospective Indonesian Language Teachers Using Exploratory Factor Analysis,” Dedi and Surastina (p.15) stated that writing is a difficult but necessary language skill for a student to have because it is one of the elements to identify and include vital information, opinion, beliefs, feelings, arguments, explanations, theory, and emotion. Furthermore, if a student has difficulties writing, it is tough to overcome and get good academic results. They also said that a pupil who cannot write correctly may have problems thinking, which might hinder academic performance at the tertiary level and even in the future.
Writing for communication and correspondence is regarded as one of the most essential skills in language for the

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