Investigating the Impact of Academic Procrastination on EFL Learners Writing

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the impact of academic procrastination on EFL learners writing. To start with, it seeks to discover the degree of academic procrastination among master two students. Furthermore, it aims to explore the main causes underlying academic procrastination and to find out the effects of this phenomenon on master two students’ academic writing in order to suggest solutions to reduce its negative impact and improv e students ’ writing performance. This research s eeks to answer four main questions, (1) to what extent M2 students commit procrastination in performing EFL writing, (2) what are the main causes that lead M2 students to procrastinate in writing, (3) what effects might procrastination have on M2 students’ academic writing, (4) what can be done to reduce the negative impact of academic procrastination. To achieve the research objectives , two questionnaires were delivered to both teachers and master two EFL leaners at the Department of foreign languages in Mila University Centre. The data w ere collected and analyzed using the mixed appr oach. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data shows that the overwhelming majority of master two students commit academic procrastination in performing EFL writing. The main causes underlying academic procrastination are: poor time management, self regulation failure, and anxiety. The impact of academic procrastination on master two students’ academic writing is predominantly negative it has detrimental effects on s tudents writing abilities and outcomes. Finally, it is confirmed that the individuals who exhibit effective time management and succeed in practicing self regulation have the capacity to overcome academic procrastination.