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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...

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Main Author: Idrus, Hairuzila
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Published: USM 2008
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LB2300 Higher Education
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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/
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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.
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author Idrus, Hairuzila
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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
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