Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students

This paper aims to present the findings of a research on writing proficiency in Malay language of upper secondary schools students in Malaysia. The research is designed to compare writing patterns of urban and rural students from four different zones. The focus of analysis is divided into three a...

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Main Authors:	Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Norsimah Mat Awal, Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/1/39-51.pdf

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spelling	ukm-9992016-12-14T06:28:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/ Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Norsimah Mat Awal, Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin, This paper aims to present the findings of a research on writing proficiency in Malay language of upper secondary schools students in Malaysia. The research is designed to compare writing patterns of urban and rural students from four different zones. The focus of analysis is divided into three aspects, namely, language used, discourse and idea conceptualization. In language used, the focus is on sentence structure, dialect usage and punctuation while discourse looks at interesting phrases. The ideas in the writings are evaluated holistically by looking at the clarity, maturity and relevance of ideas presented. The respondents of this research are selected from five different zones; Kedah (northern zone), Kelantan (eastern zone), Negeri Sembilan (central zone), Sabah and Sarawak (East Malaysia). The total number of respondents is 1524 students. Generally, the findings of the research show that the writing proficiency of the students is at satisfactory level. However, there are differences in the students’ writing performance within the zones. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/1/39-51.pdf Nadzrah Abu Bakar, and Norsimah Mat Awal, and Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin, (2011) Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 11 (2). pp. 39-51. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html
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description	This paper aims to present the findings of a research on writing proficiency in Malay language of upper secondary schools students in Malaysia. The research is designed to compare writing patterns of urban and rural students from four different zones. The focus of analysis is divided into three aspects, namely, language used, discourse and idea conceptualization. In language used, the focus is on sentence structure, dialect usage and punctuation while discourse looks at interesting phrases. The ideas in the writings are evaluated holistically by looking at the clarity, maturity and relevance of ideas presented. The respondents of this research are selected from five different zones; Kedah (northern zone), Kelantan (eastern zone), Negeri Sembilan (central zone), Sabah and Sarawak (East Malaysia). The total number of respondents is 1524 students. Generally, the findings of the research show that the writing proficiency of the students is at satisfactory level. However, there are differences in the students’ writing performance within the zones.
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author	Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Norsimah Mat Awal, Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin,
spellingShingle	Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Norsimah Mat Awal, Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin, Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
author_facet	Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Norsimah Mat Awal, Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin,
author_sort	Nadzrah Abu Bakar,
title	Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
title_short	Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
title_full	Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
title_fullStr	Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
title_sort	investigating malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/999/1/39-51.pdf
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Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students

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