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Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project

English grammar is not easy to learn especially for non-native speakers. When English grammar is not sufficiently mastered, many non-native speakers become too shy to speak the language. This is particularly true for most of the thirty childcare providers who recently completed three levels of a Com...

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Main Authors: Wan Jumani, Fauzi, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan, Fatimah, Ali, Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin
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Language:English
Published: English Language Education Publishing 2016
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L Education (General)
PE English
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spelling my.ump.umpir.159702018-04-30T03:27:07Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15970/ Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project Wan Jumani, Fauzi Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan Fatimah, Ali Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin L Education (General) PE English English grammar is not easy to learn especially for non-native speakers. When English grammar is not sufficiently mastered, many non-native speakers become too shy to speak the language. This is particularly true for most of the thirty childcare providers who recently completed three levels of a Communication English course. This short course is part of a two year Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) research project from the Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences (CMHLS) of Universiti Malaysia Pahang. These educators are members of Association of Pahang State Childcare Providers (PPNP) and their ages range from 21 to 53. Despite English being a second language in Malaysia, for many of these participants, English is more of a foreign language. This paper aims to describe a more unconventional approach of teaching English grammar and Writing skills through a big book project. This approach introduced English grammar in stages through poetry writing and focused on Haikus. At the end, participants produced a big book as a group in class and another big book individually as an assignment. To ensure that their illustrations were cohesive, they were given an art technique to choose from. Feedback received shows that the educators enjoyed learning grammar and writing this way and are inspired to write big books for their respective daycares. Keywords: teaching English Grammar, Big Book Project, Haiku English Language Education Publishing 2016-12-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15970/1/pbmsk-2016-Enhancing%20English%20Grammar%20and%20Writing.pdf Wan Jumani, Fauzi and Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan and Fatimah, Ali and Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin (2016) Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project. The Asian EFL Journal, 6 (7). pp. 87-100. ISSN 1738-1460 http://asian-efl-journal.com/9950/research-editions/2016/12/indonesian-international-conference-edition-december-2016-volume-6/#squelch-taas-tab-content-0-1
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topic L Education (General)
PE English
spellingShingle L Education (General)
PE English
Wan Jumani, Fauzi
Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan
Fatimah, Ali
Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin
Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
description English grammar is not easy to learn especially for non-native speakers. When English grammar is not sufficiently mastered, many non-native speakers become too shy to speak the language. This is particularly true for most of the thirty childcare providers who recently completed three levels of a Communication English course. This short course is part of a two year Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) research project from the Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences (CMHLS) of Universiti Malaysia Pahang. These educators are members of Association of Pahang State Childcare Providers (PPNP) and their ages range from 21 to 53. Despite English being a second language in Malaysia, for many of these participants, English is more of a foreign language. This paper aims to describe a more unconventional approach of teaching English grammar and Writing skills through a big book project. This approach introduced English grammar in stages through poetry writing and focused on Haikus. At the end, participants produced a big book as a group in class and another big book individually as an assignment. To ensure that their illustrations were cohesive, they were given an art technique to choose from. Feedback received shows that the educators enjoyed learning grammar and writing this way and are inspired to write big books for their respective daycares. Keywords: teaching English Grammar, Big Book Project, Haiku
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author Wan Jumani, Fauzi
Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan
Fatimah, Ali
Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin
author_facet Wan Jumani, Fauzi
Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan
Fatimah, Ali
Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin
author_sort Wan Jumani, Fauzi
title Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
title_short Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
title_full Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
title_fullStr Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing English Grammar and Writing Competence through a Big Book Project
title_sort enhancing english grammar and writing competence through a big book project
publisher English Language Education Publishing
publishDate 2016
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15970/1/pbmsk-2016-Enhancing%20English%20Grammar%20and%20Writing.pdf
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http://asian-efl-journal.com/9950/research-editions/2016/12/indonesian-international-conference-edition-december-2016-volume-6/#squelch-taas-tab-content-0-1
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