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Direct linkYee, Tay San; Li, Phang Biao – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
Academic writing is a key determinant to be successful in higher education institutions, and graduation requirements often involve students producing theses and dissertations using academic writing skills after conducting research. The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected pre-service teachers' learning in higher education institutions, and with…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Concept Mapping, Computer Software
Download full textEng, Lin Siew; Luyue, Chen; Lim, Chang Kuan – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
Many of the students of the English Language & Communication (ELC) department at UCSI University are Malaysian Chinese (MC) students and International Chinese (IC) students from China. All the courses in the university are conducted in English. Currently, there is still lack of research done on grammatical errors among these students who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Joharry, Siti Aeisha – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
One way to investigate learner writing is by analyzing the most frequently recurring sequences of words, that is, lexical bundles. This paper presents results for lexical bundles analyses of a Malaysian corpus (MCSAW) against its reference language variety, LOCNESS (Louvain Corpus of Native English Essays). Key 4-word lexical bundles are firstly…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yuk, Aderlin Chung Kim; Yunus, Melor Md. – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2021
The main problem faced by English teachers in the current English as a Second Language (ESL) writing classroom was a lack of strategies to support the process of teaching and learning writing that would help to enhance the content quality of pupils' writing performance. Additionally, primary pupils were found to face difficulties with getting…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Educational Technology, Social Media, Electronic Learning
Adnan, Nor Hafizah; Sayadi, Siti Shakirah – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Self-directed learning among students, particularly at the upper secondary level, is still underexplored in Malaysia. Further understanding of ESL students' readiness for self-directed learning in improving English writing skills is crucial to exploit the advantages of this learning method for their benefit. Thus, this study aimed to examine the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Almahasneh, Abdallah Mohammad Salem; Abdul-Hamid, Samsiah – Arab World English Journal, 2019
Peer assessment training has appeared as potential new tools for enhancing Arab English as foreign language (EFL) high school students on writing performance. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of using peer assessment training on writing performance among Arab EFL high school students. One hundred and twenty students aged…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods
Haron, Haeza; Kasuma, Shaidatul Akma Adi – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2022
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled educational institutions to explore alternatives to face-to-face instruction. The primary objective of this study is to identify the teacher's role in the English argumentative writing performance of low proficiency university students via WhatsApp. In this case study, data were collected from multiple…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse
Abu Kassim, Noor Lide; Badrasawi, Kamal J. I.; Nordin, Mohd Sahari; Zubairi, Ainol; Ashraf, Ratnawati Mohd – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2018
Purpose: The validity of any performance assessment depends substantially on the rating scale used in the assessment procedure. It delineates the theoretical construct being measured and influences how performances are judged and interpreted. This study examined the factorial validity and invariance of the rating scale used for the assessment of…
Descriptors: Essays, Rating Scales, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
Veloo, Arsaythamby; Aziz, Noor Hashima Abd; Yaacob, Aizan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The Malaysian Education Act in 1996 states that the national language which is the Malay language becomes the main medium of instruction in educational institutions and English is accorded the status of a second language. In Malaysian schools, teachers are given the freedom to use their own teaching and assessment methods in assessing their…
Descriptors: Scoring, Essays, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
Annamalai, Nagaletchimee – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
The study is a qualitative case study that investigated the patterns of interactions among ESL students during their online interactions to complete their narrative essays. The study found that students were engaged in interactions related to language related assistance, using partner as a resource and providing encouragement as suggested by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Writing Exercises
Singh, Charanjit Kaur Swaran; Singh, Amreet Kaur Jageer; Razak, Nur Qistina Abd; Ravinthar, Thilaga – English Language Teaching, 2017
The educational context in Malaysia demands students to be equipped with sound grammar so that they can produce good essays in the examination. However, despite having learnt English in primary and secondary schools, students in the higher learning institutions tend to make some grammatical errors in their writing. This study presents the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Patterns, English (Second Language), College Students
Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul; Malik, Faridah Abdul; Rashid, Radzuwan Ab.; Pilus, Zahariah; Zakaria, Nur Shahida – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2018
This study examines the use of metadiscourse markers among 50 Malaysian and 50 Arab Pre-University students. The findings of this study indicated that there was a significant difference in the use of metadiscourse markers between Malaysian and Arab Pre-University students {?[superscript 2] (1, n = 100) = 7.17, p-value is 0.007} where the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Arabs
Shibahara, Rika – L2 Journal, 2017
This study examines Malaysian learners' reflections on the discourses of the Asia-Pacific War in Malaysia and Japan after engaging in "Memories of War" project. The project, which was implemented in an advanced Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language (JFL) class at a Malaysian university, aimed to improve learners' ability to grasp power…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, Japanese
Nair, Subadrah Madhawa; Sanai, Mogana – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2018
Students' ESL writing skills in general are not at a desirable level. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of utilizing the STAD [Student Team Achievement Division] method to enhance descriptive writing skills among students in an international school in Selangor, Malaysia. This study employed an action research design.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Descriptive Writing, Writing Skills
Annamalai, Nagaletchimee – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to explore how the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model (2000) is used to categorize students' and teachers' interactions in an asynchronous discussion and how these interactions are able to help students add quality to their narrative writing. Design/methodology/approach: The interactions were categorized based on teaching,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Interaction
