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Neuro-Fuzzy Based Hybrid Method For Modeling And Control Of Ph Neutralization / Mohd Fauzi Zanil, Zanil Mohd Fauzi
Neuro-Fuzzy Based Hybrid Method For Modeling And Control Of Ph Neutralization / Mohd Fauzi Zanil, Zanil Mohd Fauzi
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The pH neutralization is regarded as one of the fundamental parts of industrial chemical process. In electrochemical industry for example, heavy metals must be recovered (by reducing the solubility of the metals) from waste streams by controlling the pH value to prevent polluting the environment. The pH neutralization shows strong nonlinear characteristics because of feed condition. Theoretically, the nonlinear effects for this process come from negative logarithm of ionic hydrogen, where process dynamic occurs when the hydrogen ions increase or decrease during neutralization process and because of dynamic nonlinearity called the ‘‘S-shape’’ curve which consists of extreme sensitivity and insensitivity …
Humour In Meetings: A Study Of Power And Solidarity In The Malaysian Academic Context / Nor Azikin Mohd Omar, Mohd Omar Nor Azikin
Humour In Meetings: A Study Of Power And Solidarity In The Malaysian Academic Context / Nor Azikin Mohd Omar, Mohd Omar Nor Azikin
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This study examines the linguistic features that describe the functions of humour associated with power and solidarity in a particular workplace settings referred to as NAS. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of humour that is manifested in tandem with the concept of power and solidarity in symmetrical and asymmetrical positions during academic management meetings. Moreover, the aim of the study is to ascertain the turn taking patterns accompanying humour in these respective meetings. The parameters of this study are confined to the different rankings of the participants who utilise humour either to be used for …
Assessing And Giving Feedback To Students' Written Work : An Expert-Novice Study Using Verbal Protocol Analysis / Clarence Jerry, Clarence Jerry
Assessing And Giving Feedback To Students' Written Work : An Expert-Novice Study Using Verbal Protocol Analysis / Clarence Jerry, Clarence Jerry
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The study aimed to examine and gain insight on how the practice of the expert raters in assessing and giving feedback on students’ writing can be translated into a mental model that can be used in training to help the novice raters acquire the skill of an expert rater in assessing ESL students’ writing effectively. The study was carried out in two phases. In phase one, the study contributes to the body of knowledge by uncovering the cognitive difference between the expert and novice raters while assessing and giving feedback on students’ writing. The transcripts of verbal protocol Analysis (VPA) …
Architectural Typological Study Of Coral Stone Mosques Of Maldives / Mohamed Mauroof Jameel, Mohamed Mauroof Jameel
Architectural Typological Study Of Coral Stone Mosques Of Maldives / Mohamed Mauroof Jameel, Mohamed Mauroof Jameel
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Coral stone mosques of Maldives are ancient mosques assembled using finely shaped interlocking 'porite' coral stone from the reef, that have architectural features with coral carvings and detailed lacquer work. These mosques are among the earliest surviving buildings in the country where its cultural heritage is vanishing fast due to rapid changes and development. Little is known about these mosques, and the purpose of this research is to identify the surviving mosques, their state of condition, the influences in their evolution, and to establish a typology in terms of architectural features. The research uses qualitative research methods with multiple surveys …
Analisis Kontrastif Struktur Asas Ayat Bahasa Arab Dan Melayu / Baharuddin Shahman, Shahman Baharuddin
Analisis Kontrastif Struktur Asas Ayat Bahasa Arab Dan Melayu / Baharuddin Shahman, Shahman Baharuddin
Student Works (2010-2019)
The topic studied is about “ BASIC STRUCTURAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF ARABIC AND MALAY SENTENCES ” , is subject that important to find any similarities and differences between both of those languages. This results of this servay could add more understanding and mastery of Arabic as second language beside their mother tongue. This study aimed to proffer clearer exposure and deep understanding to students and teachers of basic structure between Arabic and Malay language. However, the study is especially to explan the basic Arabic sentences, and explaining the basic forms of the Malay language, identify similarity and the differences between …
Conversational Topics Of Urban Malaysia Preschoolers / Evelyn Kow Pei Ping, Evelyn Pei Ping Kow
Conversational Topics Of Urban Malaysia Preschoolers / Evelyn Kow Pei Ping, Evelyn Pei Ping Kow
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The central aim of this study is to identify the conversational topics of urban Malaysian preschoolers. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, this descriptive study elicited data from an urban, English medium child care and development centre, which provided two groups that comprised 18 preschoolers of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Punjabi descent. A compact digital camera with video recording function was used to record the preschoolers’ reading time, activity time, drawing time, playtime and mealtime conversations on a first-hand basis for four consecutive days and on two separate occasions – September 2009 and March 2010. These conversations yielded 26 clips totalling …
Strategi Membaca Teks Bahasa Arab Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Melayu / Nurul Huda Mohamad, Nurul Huda Mohamad
Strategi Membaca Teks Bahasa Arab Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Melayu / Nurul Huda Mohamad, Nurul Huda Mohamad
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The objective of this research are, firstly, to identify the most used and the least used reading streategies among Malay students. Secondly, the research aims to find out the different usage of reading strategies according to gender, and lastly, to identify the correlation between reading strategies and the students‟ achievement. The instrumental used in this research is Survey Of Reading Strategies (SORS). This survey contain 30 item with 5 Likert scale. The strategies is divided into 3 categories; Problem Solving Strategies, Support Strategies and Global Strategies. Beside that, Reading Proficiency in Arabic Test is also used to investigate the students‟ …
Strategi Komunikasi Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Arab Di Jakarta / Ma'sum Mohammad, Ma'sum Mohammad
Strategi Komunikasi Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Arab Di Jakarta / Ma'sum Mohammad, Ma'sum Mohammad
Student Works (2010-2019)
This study focuses on the following: (a) levels of use of communication strategies among students at the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences (LIPIA) in Jakarta, Indonesia (b) types of communication strategies used by students based on Tarone’s taxonomy (1977) (c) factors that encourage students to communicate in Arabic. The subjects consist of 30 students who follow the Arabic language preparation program (I'dad lughawi) at the Institute. This study is important because there are still many students in the LIPIA who are not able to speak Arabic well even though they have been studying it for a number of years. …
Linguistic Strategies Of Politeness In Malaysian Chatrooms / Nur Najla Zainal Anuar, Zainal Anuar Nur Najla
Linguistic Strategies Of Politeness In Malaysian Chatrooms / Nur Najla Zainal Anuar, Zainal Anuar Nur Najla
Student Works (2010-2019)
This study delves into the issues of language and politeness among chatters who use the chat room to communicate via the internet. The medium of communication used in this study is the Yahoo instant messenger where it is a private web based chat room, created specifically for this purpose. In order to find out if politeness is used by chatters in this „faceless‟ community, it is investigated in terms of language forms and functions through the use of emphatic stress, capitalization and excessive punctuation marks, greetings, leave-taking, profanity language as well as a self censorship. Later on, language use is …
Problems In Adjunct Cartography : A Case Study / Ng Pei Fang, Pei Fang Ng
Problems In Adjunct Cartography : A Case Study / Ng Pei Fang, Pei Fang Ng
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Beginning students of syntax may find that tree diagram drawing is a daunting task. Problems in tree diagram drawing are common when they are given exercises in cartography drawing; the three problems facing these students are: (1) unable to differentiate a complement from an adjunct and thus treat both as the same syntactic element; (2) not sensitive that for an ambiguous clause, there are two possible adjunction operations where an XP can be adjoined to a V′ and N′; thus they are unable to disambiguate an ambiguous clause by producing two cartographies with different internal structures; (3) not sensitive to …
'Interpretive Genres' In Natural History : A Socio-Cognitive Perspective / Yee Chee Leong, Chee Leong Yee
'Interpretive Genres' In Natural History : A Socio-Cognitive Perspective / Yee Chee Leong, Chee Leong Yee
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This study is an interdisciplinary research that analyses written discourses in natural history through the genre analysis’ lens. Genres are explored and examined by drawing on insights gathered from different disciplines such as linguistics, communication and environmental humanities. Data collected comprise a corpus of selected natural history texts published by the Malaysian Nature Society, Malaysia’s oldest non-governmental environmental and conservation body. Multiple conceptual and analytical models are combined to examine these resources from a socio-cognitive perspective: Bhatia’s (2004) multidimensional and multi-perspective model for professional discourse analysis and the notion of ‘generic integrity’; Tilden’s (1957) principles of interpretation; and Leftridge’s (2002) …
Collocational Error Types In The Writing Of Iranian Efl Students / Marjan Ahmadi, Marjan Ahmadi
Collocational Error Types In The Writing Of Iranian Efl Students / Marjan Ahmadi, Marjan Ahmadi
Student Works (2010-2019)
Collocations are one of the most important concerns in EFL classes and materials. The significance of second language learners possessing some knowledge of collocaitons is now widely recognized. The learning of collocations can provide advantages such as increasing learners‟ language competence and also enhancing learners‟ communicative competence. Hence collocation knowledge is essential for EFL learners while collocation instructions in EFL courses become a necessity. EFL learners such as Persian learners of English make many collocational errors in their writing and in their speaking due to a lack of collocation competence in English. For instance, Persian/Iranian EFL learners say “learn knowledge” …
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Representation Of Donald Trump In The Guardian / Zainab Hamzah, Hamzah Zainab
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Representation Of Donald Trump In The Guardian / Zainab Hamzah, Hamzah Zainab
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Employing Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach (Wodak 2001), this research report analyzes the construction of negative-other representation of Donald Trump and his Golf Complex project in Balmedie, Scotland by The Guardian online. The e-news articles are examined for the strategies that are employed to construct a negativeother representation of Donald Trump, and the ways these strategies are linguistically realized. The ensuing findings reveal that eventhough The Guardian successfully constructs a negative-other representation of Donald Trump, his success in getting the planning permission for his golf project shows this hegemonic influence and power over the people of Scotland.
The Influence Of Interpersonal Solidarity On The Choice Of Refusal Strategies / Marsha Lavania A/P Manivannan, Marsha Lavania Manivannan
The Influence Of Interpersonal Solidarity On The Choice Of Refusal Strategies / Marsha Lavania A/P Manivannan, Marsha Lavania Manivannan
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Refusal is a face threatening act because it contradicts with the expectations of the speaker and therefore, is not a preferred speech act. However, the speech act of refusal cannot be avoided as it is part of our daily communication. Therefore, this study is carried out to perceive how Malaysians, a collectivist society, handle refusal. The present study investigates the effects of interpersonal solidarity on the choice of refusal strategies made by Malaysians as well as the most frequently used refusal strategy by Malaysian men and women respectively, with regards to wedding invitations. These objectives are expressed through three research …
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The News Coverage Of The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict In Aje And Cnn News Websites / Ashraf Z. R. Tantish, Ashraf Z. R. Tantish
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The News Coverage Of The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict In Aje And Cnn News Websites / Ashraf Z. R. Tantish, Ashraf Z. R. Tantish
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In the past fifteen years, language, ideology and power of the news articles of two prominent international news websites, namely Aljazeera English (AJE) and CNN has been a controversial topic. The current study explores intertextuality and its function in reproducing the underlying ideology and power relations in the news articles on Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the news Websites of AJE and CNN. The study adopted Fairclough’s (1995) approach to CDA, the Three Dimensional Framework, to examine the use and functions of intertextuality in 6 news articles of AJE and CNN. The study focuses on intertextuality, specifically in the inclusion and exclusion …
Language Learning Strategies Used By Undergraduates To Overcome Language And Affective-Related Problems In Speaking English / Hazlia Azila Illias, Illias Hazlia Azila
Language Learning Strategies Used By Undergraduates To Overcome Language And Affective-Related Problems In Speaking English / Hazlia Azila Illias, Illias Hazlia Azila
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A study was carried out to examine and to compare between the perceptions of the English-major and non-English-major University of Malaya students towards the problems they faced in speaking English and between the strategies they used to improve their spoken English. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to investigate and to compare between the English-major and non-English-major students‟ perceptions towards their language-related and affective-related problems in speaking English, and to examine and to compare between both groups‟ use of cognitive and functional-use strategies to improve their spoken English. The sample for the English-major population consisted of 30 students majoring …
Flouting Of Maxims In Staff Meetings / Bharathi Mutty, Bharathi Mutty
Flouting Of Maxims In Staff Meetings / Bharathi Mutty, Bharathi Mutty
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This study explores the ways in which the staff of three local academic institutions flout Grice’s maxims in conversation during staff meetings. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was recording the staff meetings in participating institutions in two manners: overtly (the staff knew that they were being recorded) and covertly (the staff did not know they were being recorded). The second phase was to interview the staff present in the meetings to determine the reasons for them to flout the maxims during the meetings. This was done by playing the recordings to the interviewees after every …
The English Language Needs Of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Students At A Private College / Thevarajah T. Ratnam, Thevarajah T. Ratnam
The English Language Needs Of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Students At A Private College / Thevarajah T. Ratnam, Thevarajah T. Ratnam
Student Works (2010-2019)
This research report attempts to identify the English language needs of the students of the Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Technology at Kolej TAFE Seremban. The study first discusses the importance of English in aircraft maintenance engineering and the English language proficiency of Malaysian students at present. This is followed by a review of related literature. A questionnaire was used to employ feedback from a sample of 100 students while five lecturers were interviewed individually. The findings show that students generally feel they have the required level of proficiency in English to complete the course successfully. However, the lecturers feel that …
Retorik Bahasa Tamil Dalam Pengumuman Pemasaran Nilai Sosial Thr Raaga / Kalaiselvi Shanmugam, Kalaiselvi Shanmugam
Retorik Bahasa Tamil Dalam Pengumuman Pemasaran Nilai Sosial Thr Raaga / Kalaiselvi Shanmugam, Kalaiselvi Shanmugam
Student Works (2010-2019)
This research attempts to scrutinize the usage of rhetoric strategies in a program called PNS which is aired by a private radio channel called THR Raaga. This research aims to identify the rhetoric strategies that are aired in PNS as well as describe them systematically in qualitative and quantitative forms. Phrases that contain a certain rhetoric strategy will also be identified and portrayed. Besides this, the effectiveness of the PNS announcements will also be studied from the listeners’ view about this program. Library research was done as a base for this study. A research framework suggested by Cobert & Connors …
Students' English Language Performance In A Multicultural Classroom Setting / Raimei Christina A/P Michael, Raimei Christina Michael
Students' English Language Performance In A Multicultural Classroom Setting / Raimei Christina A/P Michael, Raimei Christina Michael
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English language was introduced as the compulsory second language in the secondary schools of Malaysia (Asmah Hj. Omar, 1979, as quoted in Solomon, 1988). The central focus of the Secondary School English Language Programme in KBSM is the development of the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking (Hassan and Selamat, 2002). This study aims to investigate Form 4 school students’ English language performance in a multicultural classroom setting. Firstly, this study attempts to evaluate students’ comprehending performance in reading and listening skills using the Malaysian Education grading system (2010) and Krashen’s comprehensible input (1985 as quoted in Wu, …
Identity Construction And Code Switching In English Newspaper Advertisements / Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John, Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John
Identity Construction And Code Switching In English Newspaper Advertisements / Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John, Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John
Student Works (2010-2019)
Identity construction and code switching in print advertising has become an area of growing interest. However, studies on this topic in the Malaysian context are limited. Globally there are significantly more studies conducted, but most scholars investigate the occurrence of English lexical items in local language advertising. Thus, an examination of code switching in advertisements in the Malaysian context would be significant. This study aims to examine the construction of identity through the use of code switching in English newspaper advertisements in Malaysia. Specifically, this study examines how code switching is used to construct identity, determine the types of identities …
Politeness Strategies Used By Speakers Of Two Malay Dialects / Aimi Syazana Hasnudin, Hasnudin Aimi Syazana
Politeness Strategies Used By Speakers Of Two Malay Dialects / Aimi Syazana Hasnudin, Hasnudin Aimi Syazana
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This study seeks to identify the employment of Brown and Levinson’s Politeness strategies (1978, 1987) on two Malay dialects, which are the Standard Malay and the Kelantanese dialect. The study intends to identify what politeness strategies were employed when the speakers of these two dialects converse. Consequently, the study also looks into which of the politeness strategies were frequented by the participants when conversing. Based on the findings, despite the dialectal differences, which could be potentially face threatening the results showed that the participants did in fact employ more ‘bald on record’ strategies when conversing among one another. The bald …
The Difficulties Diploma Students Face In Writing In English As A Second Language / Nadia Hanim Mohamad, Nadia Hanim Mohamad
The Difficulties Diploma Students Face In Writing In English As A Second Language / Nadia Hanim Mohamad, Nadia Hanim Mohamad
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The purpose of this study is to gather information on the problematic areas faced by diploma students in writing in English as a second language. Sixty English compositions written by the students were scored according to the ESL Composition Profile. The profile has four levels of competence and looks at content, organisation, vocabulary, language use and mechanics. Nearly half or more students only scored ‘Fair to Poor’ in all areas except for mechanics. Among all areas, a significantly high percentage of students performed badly in language use. Questionnaires were also distributed to teachers and students to learn about their perceptions …
The Violation Of Grice's Maxims In Gotcha Calls / Al-Shaatha Nasser Al-Kharusi, Al-Shaatha Nasser Al-Kharusi
The Violation Of Grice's Maxims In Gotcha Calls / Al-Shaatha Nasser Al-Kharusi, Al-Shaatha Nasser Al-Kharusi
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This study investigates prank calls in Gotcha Calls. It aims to find the framing of Gotcha Calls, how they are structured in relation to Grice’s maxim of quality and the victims’ reactions to the deceptive behavior in these calls. Second, it aims to find how politeness shifts at the different stages in the call: before the fabrication, during the fabrication and after the fabrication is shifted to reality. Third, the role of knowledge schemata in relation to identity and power distribution is examined. A content analysis, politeness relational work and Grice’s maxims were used to answer the three research questions. …
Interference In Learning English : Analysis Of Verb Tense Errors Among Malay Esl Learners / Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam, Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam
Interference In Learning English : Analysis Of Verb Tense Errors Among Malay Esl Learners / Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam, Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam
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Explicit Strategy-Instruction And The Development Of Higher-Order Thinking Skills In Reading Comprehension In A Primary Esl Classroom / Saw Beng Hong, Beng Hong Saw
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Effective reading instruction in the early grades is the key to creating strong, competent readers. Hence, explicit strategy-instruction can be seen as a powerful student-centred approach to develop good learners to engage in divergent thinking. This study was conducted to look into the efficacy of explicit strategy-instruction in reading to develop the higher-order thinking skills in a year-four primary classroom. The focus of the study was on higher-order thinking skills such as predicting, inferencing and personal response. The materials used were from children’s year-four textbooks and literature books supplied by the Curriculum Development Centre of Malaysia. This was carried out …
Morpho-Syntactic Errors Of Esl Learners' Written Essays : A Minimalist Approach / Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Mohammed Taha Mohammed Adam
Morpho-Syntactic Errors Of Esl Learners' Written Essays : A Minimalist Approach / Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Mohammed Taha Mohammed Adam
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This study aims to investigate and analyze morpho-syntactic errors on ESL learners’ essays; it attempts to identify these errors, justifies and provides evidences, and establishes how lexical information affects the sentential structure. The subject of this study comprises of 36 narrative essays written by Sudanese university students, Minimalist Program is used as analytical tool. The results revealed that, agreement features, inflectional morphology, categorical features, and lexical projections of TP to be errors found in the study. I addition the lexical item has an effect on both logical form (meaning) and sentential structure (syntax). Overall, it’s possible to encourage our teachers …
A Genre Analysis Of Promotional Language In A Brahmin Matrimonial Website / Janet Linda A/P George Martin, Janet Linda George Martin
A Genre Analysis Of Promotional Language In A Brahmin Matrimonial Website / Janet Linda A/P George Martin, Janet Linda George Martin
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This paper explores how male and female subscribers in the “Brahmins Matrimony Website” advertise themselves based on Bhatia’s promotional genre analysis moves. Generally, Indians would seek for potential life partners based of the same caste. The Brahmins are the highest caste in the Indian caste system. They are generally known to be very religious with priestly background, allowing marriages only within their own caste in order to maintain their position and also to perserve their cultural background and identity. Therefore, in this study the researcher has chosen the “Brahmins Matrimony Website” (www.brahminsmatrimony.com) as the source of data collection. There are …
The English Language Needs Of Biomedical Science Students At The University Of Malaya / Usha Rani A/P S. Ganapathi, Usha Rani Ganapathi
The English Language Needs Of Biomedical Science Students At The University Of Malaya / Usha Rani A/P S. Ganapathi, Usha Rani Ganapathi
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The Biomedical Science Programme in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya offers an ESP course to students in their second year. This aim of this study was to establish the importance of the ESP course that the biomedical students are required to take in their second year and to find out to what extent the course fulfills the students’ needs to use English. The study explored the participants’ frequency of English use in a range of academic and non-academic activities as well as the kind of difficulties they face in using the English language …
Apology Strategies Of Iranian Esl Students / Haleh Parsa, Haleh Parsa
Apology Strategies Of Iranian Esl Students / Haleh Parsa, Haleh Parsa
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The present study investigates native Persian-speaking ESL university students‟ apology strategies based on Cohen and Olshtain‟s (1981) frame work, including those which don‟t imply an apology to find out differences attributed to gender. The researcher has used an open questionnaire (Discourse Completion Test) as a controlled data elicitation technique to gather data. The sample of the study consists of one selected group of 40 Iranian postgraduate ESL students (20 males, 20 females) ranging between 24-35 from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Faculty of Education at University of Malaya. The findings indicate that Iranian male and female respondents …