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标题：Enhancing ESL Learners’ Writing Skills via ProvWrit
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作者：Fatin Khairani Khairul Azam ; Fatin Khairani Khairul Azam ; Fadziana Fadhil 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：2019
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：660-669
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i1/5467
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Good writing skills are important to allow to communicate the message with clarity. Incorporating proverbs into teaching writing would enhance learners’ writing skills as it promotes their creativity and critical thinking. Furthermore, by integrating ICT in teaching writing, it can make the process easier and fun. The action research of quasi-experimental design was used to investigate the effectiveness of using proverbs via a game-based learning platform; Kahoot and an online forum learning platform; PinUp in improving pupils’ writing skills. The participants of the study comprised 29 form 1 pupils from a secondary school in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia and 27 form 3 pupils from a secondary school in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. All participants were required to sit for pre- and post-tests to track their writing performance. The findings revealed that ProvWrit is an effective tool in teaching writing skills as the performance of pupils in writing was improved during the post tests and increased their motivation to learn. It is hoped that the findings of the study would be useful to the teachers incorporating proverbs in teaching to enhance pupils' writing skills. It is suggested that future study should focus on the perceptions of the teachers as well.