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Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation

Persuasive writing is a complex form of written discourse, requiring the writer to justify his stance with a strong argument. The problems students experience when attempting persuasive writing include poor organization, lacking support in their arguments and immature language. The purpose of this p...

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Main Authors: Farous Izwan Abdul Aziz, Syahrul Nizam Salam, Seriaznita Mat Said
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Language:English
English
Published: Asian Scholars Network 2023
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LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools
PE1001-1693 Modern English
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https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2023.5.2.7
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spelling my.ums.eprints.375682023-10-31T03:49:03Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/ Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation Farous Izwan Abdul Aziz Syahrul Nizam Salam Seriaznita Mat Said LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools PE1001-1693 Modern English Persuasive writing is a complex form of written discourse, requiring the writer to justify his stance with a strong argument. The problems students experience when attempting persuasive writing include poor organization, lacking support in their arguments and immature language. The purpose of this paper is to recommend a model to help Malaysian secondary school students improve their persuasive essay writing. 150 students from three secondary schools in the Hulu Klang Area were selected for this study and instructed to submit an essay according to a set of writing prompts provided by the researcher. Toulmin’s Model was employed to analyse the essays by identifying the persuasive elements that were utilized by the students in their essays. The findings revealed that the students’ proficiency level significantly affected the persuasive writing features that they employ in their essays and the numerous factors encompassing teachers’ pedagogical approach, general knowledge and reading habits influenced the students’ persuasive writing ability. Hence, the recommendation put forth by this paper is to integrate Toulmin’s Model with classroom practice so that students should be able to master the structure of persuasive arguments which will subsequently improve their persuasive writing strategies and nurture their critical thinking skills. Asian Scholars Network 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Farous Izwan Abdul Aziz and Syahrul Nizam Salam and Seriaznita Mat Said (2023) Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 5 (2). pp. 63-72. https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2023.5.2.7
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topic LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools
PE1001-1693 Modern English
spellingShingle LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools
PE1001-1693 Modern English
Farous Izwan Abdul Aziz
Syahrul Nizam Salam
Seriaznita Mat Said
Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
description Persuasive writing is a complex form of written discourse, requiring the writer to justify his stance with a strong argument. The problems students experience when attempting persuasive writing include poor organization, lacking support in their arguments and immature language. The purpose of this paper is to recommend a model to help Malaysian secondary school students improve their persuasive essay writing. 150 students from three secondary schools in the Hulu Klang Area were selected for this study and instructed to submit an essay according to a set of writing prompts provided by the researcher. Toulmin’s Model was employed to analyse the essays by identifying the persuasive elements that were utilized by the students in their essays. The findings revealed that the students’ proficiency level significantly affected the persuasive writing features that they employ in their essays and the numerous factors encompassing teachers’ pedagogical approach, general knowledge and reading habits influenced the students’ persuasive writing ability. Hence, the recommendation put forth by this paper is to integrate Toulmin’s Model with classroom practice so that students should be able to master the structure of persuasive arguments which will subsequently improve their persuasive writing strategies and nurture their critical thinking skills.
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author Farous Izwan Abdul Aziz
Syahrul Nizam Salam
Seriaznita Mat Said
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Syahrul Nizam Salam
Seriaznita Mat Said
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title Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
title_short Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
title_full Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
title_fullStr Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
title_full_unstemmed Improving English Persuasive Writing in Malaysia: A Recommendation
title_sort improving english persuasive writing in malaysia: a recommendation
publisher Asian Scholars Network
publishDate 2023
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/
https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2023.5.2.7
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