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Creates in Writing
The Importance of Writing in
Writing is a basic skill that needs to be
Malaysian Context
mastered by all students in the
Malaysian English Language curriculum
(Ministry of Education Malaysia, 2000).
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Willingness Content
Syntax
Motivation Problems
faced by
weak Semantics
learners:
Creativity
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Problems faced by weak learners:
• I don’t know what to write.
• I don’t understand the question.
• I don’t have the vocabulary.
• I know what to say (use of L1) but cannot
express in English.
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Weak students do not often plan their writing
and frequently begin writing immediately.
(Ridhuan & Abdullah, 2009)
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
4 Square Method (Judith Gould)
• a way to learn to generate ideas to write.
• a method of teaching basic writing skills that is
applicable across levels and curriculum areas.
• can be applied areas. It can be applied for the
narrative, for the narrative, descriptive,
expository descriptive, expository and
persuasive forms of and persuasive forms of
writing. writing.
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Prewriting and organizational
skills are taught through the
use of a graphic organizer.
This visual and kinesthetic aid is 4 Square
employed to focus writing, to
provide detail and to enhance
word choice.
Writing
„The visual organizers help
students to:
Conceptualize
Understand
Structure
a piece of written discourse
successfully.
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Address the Blank Improve students’
Paper Syndrome ability to write
This method
aspires to:
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Methodology
Duration: 3 months
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Example:
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
My parents gave me a gift. My uncle threw a surprise party.
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
My uncle threw a surprise party.
My parents gave me a gift.
Where was it?
What was it?
How did you feel?
How did you feel?
Dishes served?
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Add linkers/ transition word
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
4-Square Method:
Creates in Writing
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Resources
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
References
Chien, S. (2010). Enhancing English composition teachers’ awareness of their
students’ writing strategy use. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 19(3),
417-438.
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU
Kogila Ramakrishnan
PPD KULIM BANDAR BAHARU