Writing Anxiety Among Public And Private Sectors Pakistani Undergraduate University Students

Dar, Muhammad Fareed; Khan, Imran

doi:10.46568/pjgs.v10i1.232

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“…The new KSSR aligned curriculum has gradually influenced the learning and teaching methods in understanding English context to a more viable and fun learning. Nonetheless, in all four aspects of language development in learning English as a second language in school, writing is the most challenging part in acquiring the second language (Dar and Khan, 2015).…”

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The Potential Use of Social Media on Malaysian Primary Students to Improve Writing

Yunus

Zakaria²,

Suliman

2019

International Journal of Education and Practice

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English has always been the second language taught in both primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. Students need to master English for communication, job requirements, advancement in science and technology and many other reasons. One of the most difficult components to master is the writing skill. As it requires knowledge in grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary to produce a good piece of writing, students must be fully equipped with all the essential abilities. Henceforth, this study aims to investigate the potential use of social media in improving the writing skill among primary students. The respondents of this research comprised of 47 ESL primary school students from a rural area in one of the states in Malaysia. The students" perceptions were measured through a questionnaire comprising a survey and open-ended questions. The finding of this study indicated that most respondents have access to social media and that they perceived social media as beneficial for the ESL educators to incorporate ICT into their teaching repertoire. It is concluded that incorporating social media in the classroom breaks the barriers in learning and converts it into a constructive learning environment. Contribution/Originality: The study has investigated the use of social media in improving the writing skill. Much has been said about its potential but limited studies have examined the perspective of young students at the age of ten in a rural area. Therefore, this adds to the current existing literature on this issue.

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The Potential Use of Social Media on Malaysian Primary Students to Improve Writing

Yunus

Zakaria²,

Suliman

2019

International Journal of Education and Practice

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“…As a result, they rather sat down calmly as they do not show in expressing themselves using writing skill. For example, according to Dar & Khan [2], in Pakistan, the writing skills of the students are alarmingly weak and substandard. Although, English language users in Pakistan have exponentially increased to 49% in 2003 from 2% in 1961, they still face issues in English language, particularly in writing.…”

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An Investigation into Factors that Affect Students’ Writing Skills: The Case of Sodo Secondary School

Kenta¹

2019

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The study aimed at investigating grade nine students' difficulties in using writing skills in EFL classroom. To achieve the intended objective of the study, descriptive research design was employed. To collect the data for the study, three research instruments were employed. They are: interviews, field notes, and questionnaire conducted with Grade Nine English teachers and students learning at the same grade level. Accordingly, the findings indicated that the practice of writing skill was not satisfactory. As it was revealed in the study, the teaching/learning activities using the writing skill in the actual classrooms of Grade Nine were not largely in line with the principles of skills teaching strategies. According to the present researchers' investigation, the following difficulties were identified as major constraints affecting the use of writing skills, the poor back ground of the students towards the writing skill English, lack of classroom facilities, lack of appropriate teaching materials, lack of understanding about writing skills, and lack of motivation towards writing skill were crucial challenges that impeded the writing skills during the English lessons. According to the information provided by participants, shortage of time become one of the factors that hinders from expressing themselves in writing, were the most outstanding ones. Finally, recommendations were forwarded.

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“…Writing is one of the most challenging skills to master in L2 learning. The skill itself is based on strategic use of the L2, which holds "structural accuracy and communicative potential (Dar & Khan, 2015;Hyland, 2003). […] Writing is a cognitive process that tests memory, thinking ability, and linguistic command to successfully express ideas (Kellogg, 2001;Geiser & Studley, 2002)" (cited in Fareed, Ashraf, & Bilal, 2016, p. 84, emphasis added).…”

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Enhancing literacy and collaborative skills through blogging: the teenage language learner

Giannikas¹

2019

Professional Development in CALL: A Selection of Papers

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B logs are considered to have made an intervention in many English as a foreign language contexts. The architecture of the platform is thought to give authorship, a readership, and ownership of one's work, and encourage collaborative learning. The present chapter focusses on an exploratory research study which took place in a private language school setting in Greece. The study included 52 teenage learners who were introduced to Edublogs for the first time. The aim of the study was to (1) determine the frequency and form of peer feedback, (2) investigate the impact of blogs on students' collaborative skills, and (3) to investigate the progress made in students' literacy skills with the integration of blogs in the curriculum. Questionnaires were distributed to examine participants' impression of blogs and the effect it had on their learning.

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Writing Anxiety Among Public And Private Sectors Pakistani Undergraduate University Students

Cited by 61 publications

References 4 publications

The Potential Use of Social Media on Malaysian Primary Students to Improve Writing

The Potential Use of Social Media on Malaysian Primary Students to Improve Writing

An Investigation into Factors that Affect Students’ Writing Skills: The Case of Sodo Secondary School

Enhancing literacy and collaborative skills through blogging: the teenage language learner

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