چکیده:
This study attempts to identify features of writing maturity exhibited by four groups of
Malaysian ESL students. A further objective of the study was to compare the
differences and/or similarities of writing maturity of students in two different primary
schoo! levels (Grades 3 and 5) Malay (L1) and English (L2). It was carried out in two
Malaysian towns: Kelana Jaya and Malacca. A total of twenty students were involved in
the study. The subjects chosen for this study comprised both genders. Their exposures to
composition writing very. Sample compositions for the primary school students were
collected from a primary school in Kelana Jaya whereas samples from the secondary
school students were collected from a secondary school in Malacca. A sample of twenty
compositions was selected from the four groups. The selection of these samples was
based on the level of writing complexity measured by T-unit analysis. It was important
to select samples that showed a certain level of writing complexity so that the
development and growth in composing could be evaluated using Wilkinson et al.’s
(1980, 1983) Model of Writing Maturity. The results indicated that secondary school
students demonstrate a higher level of writing maturity than primary level students, and
that primary school students are capable of producing o similar quality of writing in
English and Malay.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Another objective of the study is to identify the differences and/or similarities of the features of writing maturity demonstrated in compositions written by students in two different primary school levels (Grades 3 and 5) which were written on the same topic but in different languages namely the Malay (L1) and English (L2), To this end the following research questions were posed: I.
3. What are the characteristics of writing maturity manifested in the first (Malay) and second (English) language compositions of the Primary Three as compared to Primary Five student writers?
Chang (ibid) applied the model to basic and competent writers' compositions and found that both groups of Form Six student writers were capable of demonstrating higher level of writing development in the cognitive dimension.
Research Question 3: What are the characteristics of writing maturity manifested in the first (Malay) and second (English) language compositions of the Primary Three as compared to Primary Five student writers?
62 Writing Maturity Featured in Some Malaysian ESL Student Writers' Student A: Composition written in English One day, Raju, Chong Meng and Arif were going fishing at a river.
64 Writing Maturity Featured in Some Malaysian ESL Student Writers' Student B: Composition written in Malay Pada hari Ahad lepas, Rita dan Lynn berjalan di tepi sungai.
The developmental growth of the primary and secondary school student writers can be identified through the use of the Wilkinson Model for Writing Maturity.