Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum

Fennick et al. (1993) identify employees poor writing skills on different writing requirements between school and work. The results of a research conducted by Sidy (1999) indicated that the participants could not relate what they did in freshman writing classes to the types of writing they have t...

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Main Authors:	Siti Hamin Stapa, Tg Nor Rizan Tg Maasum, Rosniah Mustaffa, Saadiyah Darus
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2008
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2261/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2261/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2261/1/page1_21.pdf

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spelling	ukm-22612016-12-14T06:31:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2261/ Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum Siti Hamin Stapa, Tg Nor Rizan Tg Maasum, Rosniah Mustaffa, Saadiyah Darus, Fennick et al. (1993) identify employees poor writing skills on different writing requirements between school and work. The results of a research conducted by Sidy (1999) indicated that the participants could not relate what they did in freshman writing classes to the types of writing they have to do in the workplace. The objective of this paper is to discuss workplace written literacy demands and the levels of written literacy among applicants for a job at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Data was collected using interviews and a written test. The findings suggest that there exists a mismatch between written literacy demands and the levels of the applicants. Hence, there is a need to look at the present curriculum in written literacy both at secondary and tertiary levels with a view to incorporate workplace literacy components. Penerbit UKM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2261/1/page1_21.pdf Siti Hamin Stapa, and Tg Nor Rizan Tg Maasum, and Rosniah Mustaffa, and Saadiyah Darus, (2008) Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 8 (1). pp. 23-33. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%20vol%208%20%281%29%202008/page23_33.pdf
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description	Fennick et al. (1993) identify employees poor writing skills on different writing requirements between school and work. The results of a research conducted by Sidy (1999) indicated that the participants could not relate what they did in freshman writing classes to the types of writing they have to do in the workplace. The objective of this paper is to discuss workplace written literacy demands and the levels of written literacy among applicants for a job at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Data was collected using interviews and a written test. The findings suggest that there exists a mismatch between written literacy demands and the levels of the applicants. Hence, there is a need to look at the present curriculum in written literacy both at secondary and tertiary levels with a view to incorporate workplace literacy components.
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author	Siti Hamin Stapa, Tg Nor Rizan Tg Maasum, Rosniah Mustaffa, Saadiyah Darus,
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title	Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum
title_short	Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum
title_full	Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum
title_fullStr	Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum
title_full_unstemmed	Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum
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Workplace written Literacy and its effect on the curriculum

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