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标题：Improving ESL Students’ Descriptive Writing through Wh-Question Technique
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作者：Premmilah Namasivayam ; Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh ; Nor Azmi Mostafa 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：7
页码：219-231
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i7/3091
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This study examined the use of Wh-questions technique in English as Second language (ESL) writing class specifically descriptive writing. The objective of this study is to investigate whether the Wh-questions technique is effective for descriptive writing. The study is an action research with an experimental design involving 22 participants. The students were required to compose descriptive essay before and after the treatment which were treated as pre-test and post-test. Apart from that, an unstructured interview was conducted to identify the students’ perception towards the use of Wh-questions technique. The outcome of this study proves that the Wh-questions technique is an effective pre-writing technique for ESL Malaysian secondary school students. Students indicated positive perceptions towards the use Wh-questions technique in descriptive writing.