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Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students

The inability to fully express one’s intended meaning is fairly understandable for second language learners. It becomes more challenging in the case of foreign language whereby the language is not commonly used in the natural environment of the learner. Foreign language learners adopt several str...

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Main Authors: Tajuddin, Farah, Mamat, Roslina, Abdul Halim, Hazlina, Ang, Lay Hoon, Abdul Rashid, Roswati, Jalaluddin, Ilyana
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Published: Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra 2013
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spelling my.upm.eprints.308252015-12-29T03:27:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30825/ Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students Tajuddin, Farah Mamat, Roslina Abdul Halim, Hazlina Ang, Lay Hoon Abdul Rashid, Roswati Jalaluddin, Ilyana The inability to fully express one’s intended meaning is fairly understandable for second language learners. It becomes more challenging in the case of foreign language whereby the language is not commonly used in the natural environment of the learner. Foreign language learners adopt several strategies in overcoming language difficulties in their communication. For students, it is equally important that they are able to convey their message in both oral and written texts. This paper exemplifies the Communication Strategies (CS) employed by Japanese language learners in their written texts. The participants in this study consisted of two groups, namely low-proficiency and highproficiency learners. The data was gathered through a writing task which was administered to the learners during the second half of the semester. Data later was analysed using Dornyei and Scott (1997) taxonomy of communication strategies. The findings showed that both proficiency learners displayed the employment of CS in different sequential orders. Low proficiency learners tend to rely on their L1 through code-switching more than the high-proficiency learners. Low proficiency learners also displayed higher reduction strategies such as topic avoidance due to their inadequate knowledge of the target language. The findings also show that task-type does influence the employment of CS, although the choice of CS seems to depend on the topic given in the task. Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30825/1/Communication%20strategies%20in%20written%20text%20among%20basic%20learners%20of%20Japanese%20language.pdf Tajuddin, Farah and Mamat, Roslina and Abdul Halim, Hazlina and Ang, Lay Hoon and Abdul Rashid, Roswati and Jalaluddin, Ilyana (2013) Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students. Global Media Journal – Malaysian Edition, 3 (1). pp. 89-115. ISSN 2231-9948 http://www.gmj-me.upm.edu.my/?pg=archive.php&PUBLISH_VOLUME_ISSUE=9
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description The inability to fully express one’s intended meaning is fairly understandable for second language learners. It becomes more challenging in the case of foreign language whereby the language is not commonly used in the natural environment of the learner. Foreign language learners adopt several strategies in overcoming language difficulties in their communication. For students, it is equally important that they are able to convey their message in both oral and written texts. This paper exemplifies the Communication Strategies (CS) employed by Japanese language learners in their written texts. The participants in this study consisted of two groups, namely low-proficiency and highproficiency learners. The data was gathered through a writing task which was administered to the learners during the second half of the semester. Data later was analysed using Dornyei and Scott (1997) taxonomy of communication strategies. The findings showed that both proficiency learners displayed the employment of CS in different sequential orders. Low proficiency learners tend to rely on their L1 through code-switching more than the high-proficiency learners. Low proficiency learners also displayed higher reduction strategies such as topic avoidance due to their inadequate knowledge of the target language. The findings also show that task-type does influence the employment of CS, although the choice of CS seems to depend on the topic given in the task.
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author Tajuddin, Farah
Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
Ang, Lay Hoon
Abdul Rashid, Roswati
Jalaluddin, Ilyana
spellingShingle Tajuddin, Farah
Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
Ang, Lay Hoon
Abdul Rashid, Roswati
Jalaluddin, Ilyana
Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
author_facet Tajuddin, Farah
Mamat, Roslina
Abdul Halim, Hazlina
Ang, Lay Hoon
Abdul Rashid, Roswati
Jalaluddin, Ilyana
author_sort Tajuddin, Farah
title Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
title_short Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
title_full Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
title_fullStr Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
title_full_unstemmed Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students
title_sort communication strategies in written text among basic learners of japanese language: a case of universiti putra malaysia’s students
publisher Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30825/1/Communication%20strategies%20in%20written%20text%20among%20basic%20learners%20of%20Japanese%20language.pdf
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