AbdulMalik Usman

Vocabulary Knowledge and the Overall Report Writing Quality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vocabulary knowledge is considered to be sacrosanct to the attainment of effective written communication, particularly at the tertiary level where writing is the dominant skill used by the instructors in assessing students' performance. However, limited vocabulary knowledge couple with ineffective writing quality have been the challenge of most ESL learners. The book examines the productive vocabulary knowledge and the overall quality of business report writing at the College of Business University Utara Malaysia. Data were obtained through writing task in which the respondents were given an hour within which to write an informational report. The essays were analyzed by using Vocab Profiler (Cobb, 2002) and marked by independent examiners by using Report Writing Rubric (Language Centre, UUM). SPSS was also employed for the descriptive statistics and correlation. The findings provide valuable insight into the vocabulary knowledge of business students and the way forward in achieving effective business report writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9783659768088
• ISBN-10: 3659768081
• Artikelnr.: 43731012

Autorenporträt

AbdulMalik Usman is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at Bauchi State University, Gadau Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics/English from University of Maiduguri Nigeria and a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Universiti Utara Malaysia. Currently, a Ph.D Student at Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya