Academic Procrastination in Performing EFL Writings and their Causes

Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - Higher Education, grade: 18/20, , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this study is to highlight the causes that lead students to procrastinate, to see how these causes affect students¿ writing, and to seek how can we find ways to limit its negative impact so students can have better achievement on their written tasks. The aims of the study at first is to demonstrate the effective strategies of writing so the students can follow and solve the problems they face during the writing process. Then, highlighting the importance of both time management and self-regulation in improving the writing skills. In other words, the aim is to show that students who manage their time and succeed in being self-regulated are going to reach higher levels of academic achievement. Lastly, we aim to suggest some tips and recommendation about overcoming the academic procrastination by showcasing the impact of time management which can help our students to reduce their procrastination habits.

The target subjects are Master 2 students at the department of English at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret. To reach this aim, this investigation is based on a relevant literature and on data collected through a mixed methodology based on both quantitative and qualitative methods.

The quantitative method is presented as email questionnaire and the qualitative consisted of an email interview.