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Exploring ESL Students’ Current Competency and Needs in Academic Writing Skills at University

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dc.contributor.authorNur Yasmin Khairani Zakariaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmelia Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorSiti Nazleen Abdul Rabuen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T01:43:55Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T01:43:55Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionVol. 6 No. 2 (2021): Jurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.description.abstractMastering academic writing is one of the skills to be acquired by all university students. Ability to master academic writing skills enables university students to be more competent in presenting ideas and information related to their field. Inability to master required skills in academic writing will consequently impact the students’ performance in fulfilling the graduation requirement. Generally, students in higher learning institutions (HLIs) are constantly struggling with unfamiliar styles and mechanisms in academic writing. The current situation subsequently resulted students’ incompetency in presenting their ideas and discussion. In this study, the researchers aim to discover the students’ expectation for an academic writing skills course and their current competency academic writing skills. An adapted questionnaire from Choo (1998) was used as the main instrument in this study to 65 undergraduate TESL students in public higher learning institution (HLI) in Malaysia. Analysis of data was done quantitatively using statistical software. Results from the analyses revealed that more than half of the respondents (76.9%) agreed that academic writing skills are regarded as complex skills to be acquired. In addition, the results also yielded that almost half of the respondents (46.2%) believed that literature review section is the most difficult section in an academic paper. Results from this study will be able to guide future researchers and educators in producing more teaching and learning related to academic writing mastery.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZakaria, N. Y. K. ., ABDULLAH, A., & ABDUL RABU, S. N. (2021). Exploring ESL Students’ Current Competency and Needs in Academic Writing Skills at University: Meninjau Kompetensi Semasa Pelajar Universiti dan Keperluan terhadap Penulisan Akademik di Universiti. Sains Insani, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.33102/sainsinsani.vol6no2.292en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33102/sainsinsani.vol6no2.292
dc.identifier.epage110
dc.identifier.issn0127-7871
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.spage104
dc.identifier.urihttps://sainsinsani.usim.edu.my/index.php/sainsinsani/article/view/292
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/15120
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUSIM Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.subjectEnglish as a Second Language (ESL), academic writing, university students, research writingen_US
dc.titleExploring ESL Students’ Current Competency and Needs in Academic Writing Skills at Universityen_US
dc.title.alternativeMeninjau Kompetensi Semasa Pelajar Universiti dan Keperluan terhadap Penulisan Akademik di Universitien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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