Lei students’ awareness when using syntax in the writing process

Abstract

"The purpose of this investigation is to study the students’ use of syntax and their awareness of it when writing in English as well as examine the different abilities the participants often practiced in Target Language V such as reading, listening, speaking, writing and if they worked with grammar. This paper will describe the methodology used to carry out this research which followed a qualitative approach. Questionnaires, researchers’ observations were used to collect data and a summary explains the findings at the end. Observations’ purpose was to know which skills were more developed during participants’ attendance to class (Target Language V); a questionnaire was applied to know students’ conceptions about syntax and if they are aware of using it when writing; finally, a data analysis to find out about participants’ performance in writing within Target Language V course".