Publications

Publication details [#46002]

Miller, Jenny and Kok Eng Tan. 2007. Writing in English in Malaysian High Schools: The Discourse of Examinations. Language & Education 21 (2) : 124–140.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

examination | L2-acquisition | pragmatic competence | teacher | writing

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses how English as a second language learners in Malaysian secondary schools focus on acceptable writing for school and how examination goals do not urge them to acquire these abilities beyond requirements, but rather to use a series of pragmatic and expedient tactics.