The Effectiveness Of Collaborative Writing Of Narrative Essays Among Malaysian Lower Secondary School Students

The traditional writing instruction (TWI) and the collaborative writing technique (CWT) were employed in this quasi-experimental study, which involved a total of 125 lower secondary students from two schools in Malaysia. One school used the TWI while the other school used the CWT. Data collection wa...

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Main Author: Muniswaran, Jeya Chitrah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/55551/
http://eprints.usm.my/55551/1/Pages%20from%20CD%20THESIS_JEYA%20CHITRAH%20MUNISWARAN%20%283%20FEB%202020%29%20cut.pdf
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Summary:The traditional writing instruction (TWI) and the collaborative writing technique (CWT) were employed in this quasi-experimental study, which involved a total of 125 lower secondary students from two schools in Malaysia. One school used the TWI while the other school used the CWT. Data collection was over a period of five months. The research focus was to explore the effectiveness of the CWT in enhancing students’ writing performance in narrative essays. The CWT is a learner centred instruction that encompasses the development of multiple skills as students mentally, physically, socially and emotionally engage in the writing task