Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates’ report writing

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dc.contributor.authorNimehchisalem V.
dc.contributor.authorKalajahi S.A.R.
dc.contributor.authorHussin N.I.S.B.M.
dc.contributor.authorRafik-Galea S.
dc.contributor.authorAbdullah A.N.
dc.contributor.authorRashıd S.B.M.
dc.contributor.authorFung Y.M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:52:36Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:52:36Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWriting for academic purposes can be challenging particularly when it has to be in another language. The objective of this project was to create a useful self-assessment tool to aid ESL undergraduates in writing descriptions of tables and graphs. To meet this objective, the major areas of difficulty faced by undergraduates in presenting their research results were qualitatively explored. For this purpose, an intact group of 49 second year undergraduates was selected from a Malaysian public university. They completed an online descriptive writing task. The written samples were analyzed to find the students? areas of difficulty in describing tables and graphs. More specifically, the samples were analyzed for the quality of their content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics and various problems were diagnosed. Additionally, two lecturers were interviewed with a focus on their students? typical problems and their expectations from the students in reporting their final year project results. Finally, in-house assessment of the developed Guide helped the researchers in its further refinement. The results of analysis of the written samples indicated that the students had difficulties in four areas which included describing the selected information, organizing the content, using the appropriate vocabulary correctly, and writing grammatically. Based on the related literature a number of ground rules were set. According to these rules and the students? identified areas of difficulty, a self-assessment guide was developed. The data from the interviews confirmed some of the results of the analysis of the students? written samples. The guide was refined based on the information provided by the lecturers in the interviews and the feedback from the in-house assessment. The guide can be introduced to students who may find it helpful in writing higher quality reports. © 2018, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversiti Putra Malaysiaen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project is sponsored by Research Management Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia GP-IPM/2014/9427200. We would like to express our gratitude for MJLI editors? support and the reviewers? useful comments.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage634en_US
dc.identifier.issn1012-1587
dc.identifier.issueSpecial Issue 14en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85057712767en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage594en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/8409
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversidad del Zuliaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofOpcionen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY03167
dc.subjectEnglish for academic purposesen_US
dc.subjectSelf-assessmenten_US
dc.subjectWriting reportsen_US
dc.titleDeveloping a self-assessment guide for undergraduates’ report writingen_US
dc.typeArticle
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