ERIC Number: EJ1227023
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0125-2488
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Idea Sharing: Process-Based Approach to Writing in Malaysian English Education
Li, Kee Li; Razali, Abu Bakar
PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, v58 p319-341 Jul-Dec 2019
Malaysia strives to educate its people to be fluent in the English language, and as such the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) has introduced the process-based approach to writing from the early 1980s in school curricula and syllabi. Unfortunately, even from the inclusion of process-based approach to writing in Malaysian national curricula and syllabi, Malaysian students' writing performance in the national primary and secondary school examinations remains low. Concerns arise over the process-based approach, due to its lack of proper implementation in the English as a second language (ESL) writing instruction. This article provides a review of the studies conducted on the implementation of process-based approach in teaching ESL writing in Malaysian English education. It seeks to investigate the problems that have been reported to occur during the implementation of process-based approach in the ESL writing instruction in Malaysia. In order to address the concerns regarding process-based approach to writing and to avoid possible issues in the future concerning the implementation of process-based approach in ESL writing in Malaysia, the researchers believe it is important to truly understand the nature and goals of the process-based approach to writing. As such, the researchers call all educators in Malaysia to look for possible means to revive the process-based approach in the field of ESL writing.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Writing Processes, Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Writing Achievement, English Language Learners, Preservice Teachers, Instructional Improvement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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