Digital PNKA+e table enhances MUET Writing Task 1

As one of the productive skills, writing is an onerous task for students. Even though the vocabulary level used in the stimulus (either an email or a letter) for Writing task 1 should not exceed level B2 of CEFR, the form sixers will still struggle to analyse the prompts and identify the keywords. Therefore, their answers would normally contain irrelevancies and inaccuracies. On top of that, they would briefly elaborate their answers. The innovation of digital PNKA+e table is a type of graphic organizer which is designed to guide the students to analyse the prompt, determine the keywords and elaborate their answers. This innovation was tested on 21 form sixers from a class to determine its effectiveness in Writing Task 1. The students underwent two cycles of teaching and learning sessions for six weeks, each cycle evolving on the previous one. In the first cycle, students were given digital PNA+e table’s (without ‘K’) instructions and modelling method to familiarise with the intervention before the post-test 1. In the second cycle, the table was enhanced by highlighting the significant keywords (K) plus the finding of synonyms for the keywords. The results show that the digital PNKA+e table could help students to improve in Writing Task 1 as the mean score increased from 15.4 (pre-test) to 22.9 (post-test 1) and then it climbed to 26.7 (post-test 2). This innovation is replicable and easy to comprehend. This innovation can also be commercialised through online marketplaces or other channels such as bookstores once it turns into a module for teaching MUET Writing Task 1.