Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English
This paper reports the results of a study that sought to find out the feelings of Malay undergraduates towards writing in English, the difficulties they faced in writing in English, and their perceptions about what would help them improve their writing. It was conducted at a private university where...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Published: |
USM
2008
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/1/Hairuzila_-_students%27_feeling_about_writing.doc http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/ |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my.utp.eprints.3357 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.utp.eprints.33572011-01-10T10:14:16Z Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English Idrus, Hairuzila LB2300 Higher Education This paper reports the results of a study that sought to find out the feelings of Malay undergraduates towards writing in English, the difficulties they faced in writing in English, and their perceptions about what would help them improve their writing. It was conducted at a private university where the language of instruction is English. Malay students were chosen because the majority of the students at this university are Malays and also Malay students are the ones who usually face problems in writing in English. This is based on the writer's experience in teaching Technical and Professional Writing course to undergraduates and also based on the responses of the students when asked about writing in English. The study was alsoaimed at helping teachers contribute towards the development and enhancement of the students' writing ability, and motivate them to write well in English. USM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/msword http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/1/Hairuzila_-_students%27_feeling_about_writing.doc Idrus, Hairuzila (2008) Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English. Diges Pendidik, 8 (1). pp. 90-97. ISSN 1511-8959 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/ |
institution |
Universiti Teknologi Petronas |
building |
UTP Resource Centre |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Teknologi Petronas |
content_source |
UTP Institutional Repository |
url_provider |
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/ |
topic |
LB2300 Higher Education |
spellingShingle |
LB2300 Higher Education Idrus, Hairuzila Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
description |
This paper reports the results of a study that sought to find out the feelings of Malay undergraduates towards writing in English, the difficulties they faced in writing in English, and their perceptions about what would help them improve their writing. It was conducted at a private university where the language of instruction is English. Malay students were chosen because the majority of the students at this university are Malays and also Malay students are the ones who usually face problems in writing in English. This is based on the writer's experience in teaching Technical and Professional Writing course to undergraduates and also based on the responses of the students when asked about writing in English. The study was alsoaimed at helping teachers contribute towards the development and enhancement of the students' writing ability, and motivate them to write well in English. |
format |
Article |
author |
Idrus, Hairuzila |
author_facet |
Idrus, Hairuzila |
author_sort |
Idrus, Hairuzila |
title |
Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
title_short |
Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
title_full |
Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
title_fullStr |
Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
title_full_unstemmed |
Feelings of ESL students at tertiary level toward writing in English |
title_sort |
feelings of esl students at tertiary level toward writing in english |
publisher |
USM |
publishDate |
2008 |
url |
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/1/Hairuzila_-_students%27_feeling_about_writing.doc http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3357/ |
_version_ |
1738655261887823872 |
score |
13.18916 |