Mother tongue interference in English writing among
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Mother tongue interference in English writing among Tamil school students

Writing is considered one of the most challenging language skills that students need to acquire. In Malaysia’s vernacular schools, students encounter several challenges as they need to write in variety of languages: their mother tongue, Malay and English. The students’ mother tongue can interfere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Prashana Nair Kumaran, Pramela Krish
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16419/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16419/1/41741-149876-2-PB.pdf

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