The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein
This research is carried out to study the relationship between the students’ lexical richness and their scores in Malaysian University English Test (MUET) composition written by 100 ESL students of Pusat Asasi Sains University of Malaya (PASUM). The use of lexis in writing was measured by Lexical Fr...
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| description | This research is carried out to study the relationship between the students’ lexical richness and their scores in Malaysian University English Test (MUET) composition written by 100 ESL students of Pusat Asasi Sains University of Malaya (PASUM). The use of lexis in writing was measured by Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP), a software developed by Laufer and Nation (1995) which is effective in assessing students’ lexical knowledge by categorising the words used in their writing according to four frequency bands: Band 1, Band 2, Academic Word List (AWL) and Not in the Lists (NIL). The percentages of AWL and NIL were added up and compared against the holistic scores given by their lecturers. Further, 14 item open-ended questionnaires were distributed to teachers to get feedback on their composition assessment procedures and also to find out the importance of lexis in writing. At the same time, a 21 item close-ended questionnaires to gather the students’ language background and perceptions on English language were distributed to the participants. Based on the results of this study, it was found that lexical richness plays an important role in determining the holistic scores of MUET written compositions. |
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| spelling | um-54312015-07-24T03:56:51Z The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein Lee, Hui Shein PE English This research is carried out to study the relationship between the students’ lexical richness and their scores in Malaysian University English Test (MUET) composition written by 100 ESL students of Pusat Asasi Sains University of Malaya (PASUM). The use of lexis in writing was measured by Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP), a software developed by Laufer and Nation (1995) which is effective in assessing students’ lexical knowledge by categorising the words used in their writing according to four frequency bands: Band 1, Band 2, Academic Word List (AWL) and Not in the Lists (NIL). The percentages of AWL and NIL were added up and compared against the holistic scores given by their lecturers. Further, 14 item open-ended questionnaires were distributed to teachers to get feedback on their composition assessment procedures and also to find out the importance of lexis in writing. At the same time, a 21 item close-ended questionnaires to gather the students’ language background and perceptions on English language were distributed to the participants. Based on the results of this study, it was found that lexical richness plays an important role in determining the holistic scores of MUET written compositions. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/1/1Cover_page.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/2/2Preface.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/3/3_DECLARATIONFORM_new.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/4/4AbstractAppendices.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/5/5_Dissertation.pdf Lee, Hui Shein (2013) The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/ |
| spellingShingle | PE English Lee, Hui Shein The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title | The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title_full | The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title_fullStr | The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title_full_unstemmed | The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title_short | The correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / Lee Hui Shein |
| title_sort | correlation between matriculation students’ lexical richness and their writing scores / lee hui shein |
| topic | PE English |
| url | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/ http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/1/1Cover_page.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/2/2Preface.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/3/3_DECLARATIONFORM_new.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/4/4AbstractAppendices.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5431/5/5_Dissertation.pdf |