Attitude and Motivation Toward Learning Technology Assisted Essay Writing: A Study on Malaysian Form Four Students

Authors

  • Simah Mamat

    Department of Language & Literacy Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • Zawawi Ismail

    Department of Language & Literacy Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • Nur Nabihah Mohamad Nizar

    Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • Siti Nur Khairunisa Mohd Al-Fatah

    Department of Language & Literacy Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i8.10083
Received: 19 May 2025 | Revised: 9 June 2025 | Accepted: 17 June 2025 | Published Online: 29 July 2025

Abstract

Technology -assisted essay writing is applied to attract interest and give pleasure to students to write better essays. The objective of this study was to identify the attitude and motivation of students, and the relationship between the attitudes and motivation of form four students toward learning of technology -assisted essay writing. This study involved a total of 128 Form Four students as a sample using a simple random sampling in a public secondary school. This study applies the Socio-Educational Model from Gardner and Lalonde. This study employed questionnaire as a research instrument, which is divided into three part of questions. Part A related to the demographics of the respondents, part B focused on the students'attitude and part C emphasized on students'motivation toward learning technology assisted essay writing. Data gathered were analysed using SPSS version 26 to perform descriptive and correlation statistical analysis. The findings of the study showed that the students'attitude and motivation level toward learning technology-assisted essay writing was high. In addition, the relationship between students'attitude and motivation towards learning to write essays with the help of technology also highly correlate. This study has proven that students'attitude and motivation are the major factors that can affect student ability to master Malay Language specifically for producing good essays. This can encourage students to achieve great success in learning Malay Language and expand their think ability to write essay effectively.

Keywords:

Attitude; Motivation; Technology; Essay Writing

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Mamat, S., Ismail, Z., Mohamad Nizar, N. N., & Mohd Al-Fatah, S. N. K. (2025). Attitude and Motivation Toward Learning Technology Assisted Essay Writing: A Study on Malaysian Form Four Students. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(8), 132–142. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i8.10083

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