The use of functional approach to assessing secondary four express students' narrative writing

• Main Author: Png, Jessie Lay Hoong.
• Other Authors: Teo, Peter
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13726
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study explores the use of the Functional Approach in assessing the writing of Upper Secondary School students in Singapore. It is felt that the current system of assessing Upper Secondary students' writing is flawed primarily because it does not focus on the specific structural and linguis...