In this study, the researcher aims to work for a solution in helping the 4th form students whom encounter with the challenge faced in writing. They are unable to produce the writing task in the language class independently. The major concern among educators is focus on the deficiency in English competence among Malaysian learners beside facing the examination, English serves as a tool to communicate and connect with each other in social context, as Jeon-Ellis, Debski and Wiggleswort (2005) define the language classroom as “a social context to which learners bring themselves and their past experiences in which they establish certain relationships and attempt to participate and engage in tasks in ways that best fit their social needs” This confirmed the vital eminence of students to learn the national language-Bahasa Malaysia and English. Besides the essential need to obtain bilingual proficiency in Shift 2 of the Blueprint of Education in Malaysia, the crucial necessity of proficient in Bahasa English in the multicultural society makes a natural setting for students to master English. Thus, writing skill that has challenged the basic writer required cultural responsive teaching and reader respond theory to ease the problem encountered with the HOTS in 21st century learning environment.
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