Development of EFL students’ mental models of writing and their effects on performance

The present paper reports an investigation into individual differences in writing with students of English as a foreign language (EFL) enrolled in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at a university in southeast Spain. Specifically, it represents an attempt to shed light on writers’ internal process factors by examining the longitudinal development of the students’ stored beliefs on the task and goals and their contribution to the...