Journal Research and Multidisciplinary (JRM)
Vol 2 No 2 (2019): Journal of Research and Multidisciplinary

Academic Writing Difficulties of Bangladeshi Students at a Higher Institution in Malaysia

Mizanur Rahman (University Sultan Zainal Abidin)
Kamrul Hasan (Assistant Professor, English English Language Institute United International University United City, Madani Avenue, Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2019

Abstract

Students who come from non-English background and pursue study in English at tertiary level in Asia, particularly in Bangladesh face great difficulty in their academic writing classes. In order to improve learners’ academic writing, teaching of academic writing in classrooms plays a vital role in English language classrooms/higher education since in most of the language courses, academic writing skill is never taught at tertiary education in Bangladesh. Considering the backdrop into consideration, this study aimed to investigate the academic writing difficulties encountered by Bangladeshi students at University Utara Malaysia (UUM). To this end, under survey design, primary data were collected by conducting survey questionnaires; 38 Bangladeshi students were selected by using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data of this study were analysed, employing SPSS (22 version) software package. From the significance test of the first hypothesis, the study found that the influencing factors had significant impact on academic writing difficulties of Bangladeshi students at UUM. And from the second hypothesis, the current study found that the potential problems had also significant impact on academic writing difficulties of Bangladeshi students at UUM. Finally, some recommendations have been proposed to overcome academic writing difficulties of Bangladeshi student at UUM

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jrm

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Education Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Research and Multidisciplinary (jrm), published by Lembaga Sembilan Tiga Community, is a journal that covers the study of research results and studies from various disciplines. This journal will be a publication for scholars to enrich studies published in journals. Jrm presents quality ...