An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University

The interest in academic literacy research has led many second language literacy researchers to overlook other types of literacy practices that L2 learners engaged in beyond the classrooms. Literacy practices such as reading and writing are closely related (Badariah, Yah & Nor Adeena, 2011...

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Main Author: Vivien, Chee Pei Wei
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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description The interest in academic literacy research has led many second language literacy researchers to overlook other types of literacy practices that L2 learners engaged in beyond the classrooms. Literacy practices such as reading and writing are closely related (Badariah, Yah & Nor Adeena, 2011) and the undergraduates who do not read in their free time faced problems when they write assignments and thus perform poorly in tests. These reluctant readers (Ambigapathy, 2000) found themselves not only unable to cope with rigorous academic demands at the university level, but also in situations beyond the school.
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spelling usm-452202019-08-07T07:22:26Z http://eprints.usm.my/45220/ An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University Vivien, Chee Pei Wei P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) The interest in academic literacy research has led many second language literacy researchers to overlook other types of literacy practices that L2 learners engaged in beyond the classrooms. Literacy practices such as reading and writing are closely related (Badariah, Yah & Nor Adeena, 2011) and the undergraduates who do not read in their free time faced problems when they write assignments and thus perform poorly in tests. These reluctant readers (Ambigapathy, 2000) found themselves not only unable to cope with rigorous academic demands at the university level, but also in situations beyond the school. 2013-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45220/1/Vivien%20Chee%20Pei%20Wei24.pdf Vivien, Chee Pei Wei (2013) An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
Vivien, Chee Pei Wei
An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title_full An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title_fullStr An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title_full_unstemmed An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title_short An Exploratory Study On The Out-Of-School Literacy Practices Of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates In A Malaysian University
title_sort exploratory study on the out-of-school literacy practices of malaysian chinese undergraduates in a malaysian university
topic P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/45220/
http://eprints.usm.my/45220/1/Vivien%20Chee%20Pei%20Wei24.pdf