Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun

Writing in a foreign language is a challenge especially for learners in the academic field. However, knowing the most facilitative Communication Strategies (CS) to employ helps learners to overcome language difficulties they face during the writing process. Being the first effort in identifying the...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Tajuddin, Farah Nurzakiah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Japanese language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Japanese language - Writing Japanese language - Acquisition
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70034/1/FBMK%202014%2047%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.700342019-10-31T07:41:32Z Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun 2014-10 Ahmad Tajuddin, Farah Nurzakiah Writing in a foreign language is a challenge especially for learners in the academic field. However, knowing the most facilitative Communication Strategies (CS) to employ helps learners to overcome language difficulties they face during the writing process. Being the first effort in identifying the facilitative CS in Japanese written text, this study focused on the use of written text CS among Japanese language learners in the Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun (RPKJ) programme in Universiti Malaya. The objectives of the study were to identify the types of CS in written text employed by the learners, to discuss the most used and moderately used CS and to analyse the differences in the CS employed by the learners in two writing activities. A total of 79 second year RPKJ learners and 72 first year RPKJ learners participated in the study with 10 RPKJ second year learners (high proficiency, HP learners) and 10 RPKJ first year leaners (low proficiency, LP learners) identified as respondents for the writing activities. Using survey questionnaire, a set of writing activities (dialogue and picture description) and a follow-up interview as research instruments, the collected data were analysed and classified according to the inventory of CS presented by Dornyei & Scott (1997). The findings of the study revealed that both HP and LP learners adopted various CS in their written text. Having more Japanese language knowledge, HP learners were able to employ more types of CS as compared to the LP learners. Nonetheless, both groups portrayed themselves to be proactive and attentive learners through their high use of ‘appeal for help’ strategy and ‘self-repair’ strategy. Additionally, the learners used a kanji/kana letter form which was similar looking to the target form which the researcher has named as ‘similar form’ strategy. Relating to the two writing activities, both HP and LP learners utilized the same strategies most in both activities which were ‘self-repair’ strategy and ‘appeal for help’ strategy. However the moderately employed CS reflected the learners’ proficiency level, eventhough the strategies were employed less than ‘self-repair’ strategy and ‘appeal for help’ strategy. This study has highlighted the types of written text CS used by the learners in overcoming their communication difficulties. It is hoped that this study would highlight the facilitative CS in tackling written communication difficulties thus enhancing the language teaching and learning process. Japanese language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Japanese language - Writing Japanese language - Acquisition 2014-10 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70034/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70034/1/FBMK%202014%2047%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Japanese language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Japanese language - Writing Japanese language - Acquisition
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topic	Japanese language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Japanese language - Writing Japanese language - Acquisition
spellingShingle	Japanese language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Japanese language - Writing Japanese language - Acquisition Ahmad Tajuddin, Farah Nurzakiah Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
description	Writing in a foreign language is a challenge especially for learners in the academic field. However, knowing the most facilitative Communication Strategies (CS) to employ helps learners to overcome language difficulties they face during the writing process. Being the first effort in identifying the facilitative CS in Japanese written text, this study focused on the use of written text CS among Japanese language learners in the Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun (RPKJ) programme in Universiti Malaya. The objectives of the study were to identify the types of CS in written text employed by the learners, to discuss the most used and moderately used CS and to analyse the differences in the CS employed by the learners in two writing activities. A total of 79 second year RPKJ learners and 72 first year RPKJ learners participated in the study with 10 RPKJ second year learners (high proficiency, HP learners) and 10 RPKJ first year leaners (low proficiency, LP learners) identified as respondents for the writing activities. Using survey questionnaire, a set of writing activities (dialogue and picture description) and a follow-up interview as research instruments, the collected data were analysed and classified according to the inventory of CS presented by Dornyei & Scott (1997). The findings of the study revealed that both HP and LP learners adopted various CS in their written text. Having more Japanese language knowledge, HP learners were able to employ more types of CS as compared to the LP learners. Nonetheless, both groups portrayed themselves to be proactive and attentive learners through their high use of ‘appeal for help’ strategy and ‘self-repair’ strategy. Additionally, the learners used a kanji/kana letter form which was similar looking to the target form which the researcher has named as ‘similar form’ strategy. Relating to the two writing activities, both HP and LP learners utilized the same strategies most in both activities which were ‘self-repair’ strategy and ‘appeal for help’ strategy. However the moderately employed CS reflected the learners’ proficiency level, eventhough the strategies were employed less than ‘self-repair’ strategy and ‘appeal for help’ strategy. This study has highlighted the types of written text CS used by the learners in overcoming their communication difficulties. It is hoped that this study would highlight the facilitative CS in tackling written communication difficulties thus enhancing the language teaching and learning process.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ahmad Tajuddin, Farah Nurzakiah
author_facet	Ahmad Tajuddin, Farah Nurzakiah
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title	Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
title_short	Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
title_full	Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
title_fullStr	Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
title_full_unstemmed	Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun
title_sort	written text communication strategies among japanese language learners in rancangan persediaan khas ke jepun
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70034/1/FBMK%202014%2047%20-%20IR.pdf
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Written text communication strategies among Japanese language learners in Rancangan Persediaan Khas ke Jepun

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