Publication: Analysis of Writing Skills of Business English Majors at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Southeast Bangkok College
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APHEIT International Journal
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34
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46
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Analysis of Writing Skills of Business English Majors at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Southeast Bangkok College
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This study investigated Business English majors’ writing ability. The population for the study consisted of 54 students studying at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Southeast Bangkok College in the 2 nd Semester of 2016 academic year. There were 18 males and 36 females aged between 18 and 24 years. The aims of the study were to find out the students’ strengths and weaknesses in their writing using Jacobs’ evaluation scales. The tools for data collection were 270 expository compositions based on 5 given topics namely: “Who Am I?”, “My Best Friend”, “My Dream Place to Visit”, “My Future Job”, and “What My Future Looks Like”. Descriptive analysis by percentage was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the students had basic knowledge of composition writing, and they had enough vocabulary to express themselves. However; they made many mistakes regarding language use. In addition, they got mixed up between written and spoken language. In conclusion, Jacobs’ writing evaluation scales proved to be effective in classifying good writing and bad one. It is recommended that the teacher use integrated teaching methods with combination of the four language skills, especially, reading as models to enrich students’ vocabulary and refine their writing.