Exploring Writing Process from The Social Cultural Theory

Contrary to popular beliefs, writing is not a solitary process. Writers use language to communicate with the people around them for content and as audience to their work. The writing process can be considered as a social cultural task in several ways. This quantitative study explores the perception of learners'' writing process from the social cultural view. To begin with, language use is measured by (i) metacognitive and (b) cognitive strategies. Next, zone of proximal development (zpd) is measured by (i) effort regulation and (ii) social strategies. Finally, social interaction is measured by affective strategies. 109 students participated in this study. The instrument used in this study is a questionnaire. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. This study revealed that there is a strong positive relationship between language use and zone of proximal development. There is also a strong positive relationship between zone of proximal development and social interaction. Finally, there is also a strong positive relationship between social interaction and language use. Findings in this study bear interesting implications in the teaching of writing strategies.