The Use of PowerPoint (PPT) PiWoCa Technique in the Form of Bubble Map in Helping Year 2 ESL Pupils’ Simple Sentence Construction: A Literature Review

Abstract

English language in Malaysia is taught according to the four main skills. They are known as the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Writing is classified as the most challenging but a crucial skill to be acquired by pupils as it serves various communicative purposes compared to the other skills. Thus, this paper provides a literature review on the issues and techniques to overcome the obstacles faced by young learners in constructing simple sentences in English. Some contributing factors to pupils’ inability of simple sentence constructions are due to pupils’ lack of practice, interference of mother tongue and limited vocabulary knowledge. As such, it is essential to address the issues faced by young learners and produce constructive ways in helping young learners to achieve their learning goals precisely. Some of the strategies used by English language teachers in teaching writing skills are by using visual aids in the form of pictures, word cards, bubble map incorporating with technology like PowerPoint presentation within and outside classroom teaching and learning practices. English language teachers could employ one of the strategies which might suit their classroom teaching and learning practices in line with the 21st century learning preferences.