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This study aimed to answer the three questions related to students' learning contexts in English connectors, students' thoughts in terms of English connector use, and their writing strategies. To do so, nineteen students from a local university in Busan during spring 2020 participated in the survey. Six students out of the entire sample population participated in the structured interviews. The findings of the study were as follows: First, mostly learners were taught connectors that have similar functions or categories. Next, four students felt the necessity of studying connectors and two students did not. Finally, most participants reported the use of outlining as the pre-writing strategy while they answered rereading their drafts a few times as the post-writing strategy. The findings will shed light on how writing instructors could better understand Korean college students' difficulties and find ways to teach the use of connectors in their English writing effectively.