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ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing

In many instances, negative attitudes towards writing as well as other language learning problems have been linked to ESL students’ poor performance in writing. The study investigates ESL tertiary students’ writing attitude and the learning problems they face in BEL 311 writing course at MARA Univer...

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Main Authors: Noriah Ismail,, Supyan Hussin,, Saadiyah Darus,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2012
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spelling my-ukm.journal.57742012-12-31T07:30:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5774/ ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing Noriah Ismail, Supyan Hussin, Saadiyah Darus, In many instances, negative attitudes towards writing as well as other language learning problems have been linked to ESL students’ poor performance in writing. The study investigates ESL tertiary students’ writing attitude and the learning problems they face in BEL 311 writing course at MARA University of Technology. The participants in the study were 60 Part Three Diploma students taking BEL 311 course, and 4 writing instructors who have been teaching this course for more than 5 years. The students were given a set of needs analysis questionnaires, and the lecturers were interviewed. In addition, both groups of participants were asked to describe the important elements which they perceive as useful for a supplementary online writing program. The results indicate that the lecturers felt the majority of the students have negative attitude towards writing as they would procrastinate. They are also careless and dislike writing. The findings from the participants also revealed that they perceive writing in English as difficult and they dislike it. In addition, both groups of participants also perceive that the students’ learning problems, which affect their writing quality, include the lack of practice time being allocated in class, dull writing activities and the lack of emphasis towards critical thinking in their writing course. Furthermore, they suggested that a special online writing program which can act as a supplement for the course and help to enhance the learners’ writing ability and interest. Penerbit UKM 2012-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5774/1/1358.pdf Noriah Ismail, and Supyan Hussin, and Saadiyah Darus, (2012) ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 12 (4). pp. 1089-1107. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html
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description In many instances, negative attitudes towards writing as well as other language learning problems have been linked to ESL students’ poor performance in writing. The study investigates ESL tertiary students’ writing attitude and the learning problems they face in BEL 311 writing course at MARA University of Technology. The participants in the study were 60 Part Three Diploma students taking BEL 311 course, and 4 writing instructors who have been teaching this course for more than 5 years. The students were given a set of needs analysis questionnaires, and the lecturers were interviewed. In addition, both groups of participants were asked to describe the important elements which they perceive as useful for a supplementary online writing program. The results indicate that the lecturers felt the majority of the students have negative attitude towards writing as they would procrastinate. They are also careless and dislike writing. The findings from the participants also revealed that they perceive writing in English as difficult and they dislike it. In addition, both groups of participants also perceive that the students’ learning problems, which affect their writing quality, include the lack of practice time being allocated in class, dull writing activities and the lack of emphasis towards critical thinking in their writing course. Furthermore, they suggested that a special online writing program which can act as a supplement for the course and help to enhance the learners’ writing ability and interest.
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author Noriah Ismail,
Supyan Hussin,
Saadiyah Darus,
spellingShingle Noriah Ismail,
Supyan Hussin,
Saadiyah Darus,
ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
author_facet Noriah Ismail,
Supyan Hussin,
Saadiyah Darus,
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title ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
title_short ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
title_full ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
title_fullStr ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
title_full_unstemmed ESL students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
title_sort esl students’ attitude, learning problems, and needs for online writing
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2012
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5774/1/1358.pdf
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