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Pengalihan Kod Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Tamil Di Universiti Malaya / Magespari A/P Subramaniam, Magespari Subramaniam Jan 2012

Pengalihan Kod Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Tamil Di Universiti Malaya / Magespari A/P Subramaniam, Magespari Subramaniam

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This research was carried to study the phenomena related to code switching admist University Malaya undergraduates. The researcher has discovered the rampant use of Bahasa Malaysia and English terms by undergraduates while conversing in Tamil. This act of code switching appears to be done at a sub conscious level. To achieve the objective of this research, the researcher selected 36 samples consisting of University Malaya undergraduates. The conversation of these samples were recorded and analyzed. The researcher collected the data within a six month time frame. In addition to analyzing the data, the researcher also carried out the tasks of …


Realisation Of Politeness Strategies Among Family Members In Casual Conversations / Lim Sing Yuing, Sing Yuing Lim Jan 2012

Realisation Of Politeness Strategies Among Family Members In Casual Conversations / Lim Sing Yuing, Sing Yuing Lim

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This study attempts to look into the realization of politeness strategies among family members in naturally occurring conversations. One of the important aspects of this study is to determine the patterns of politeness strategies demonstrated among family members in a family. On top of that, this study also delves into how the interlocutors accommodate face strategies among family members. In this qualitative study, a non-participation observation was deployed. This study comprised seven sets of conversations, with 35 subjects being involved and each set of the conversation lasting between 50 and 60 minutes. A brief follow-up interview session with the subjects …


Strategi Penterjemahan Mainan Kata Dari Bahasa Inggeris Ke Bahasa Cina Dalam Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Chen Seok Yuen, Seok Yuen Chen Jan 2012

Strategi Penterjemahan Mainan Kata Dari Bahasa Inggeris Ke Bahasa Cina Dalam Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Chen Seok Yuen, Seok Yuen Chen

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Wordplay is a literary form which exploit ats least two meaning of a word or a phrase. When source text writer uses wordplay to generate humor effect or specific understanding, the choice of translation strategy is a major challenge because the translation must not only be accurate, but also raise target reader sensitivity to understand the message. This study aims to provide a non-evaluative description in order to come to a better understanding of the problem and solutions in wordplay translation from English to Chinese. The earliest Chinese translation Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (阿丽丝漫游奇境记) translated by a structuralist linguist, Chao …


Gaya Pembelajaran Pelajar Diploma Dalam Mempelajari Bahasa Jerman / Rowinah Jakiwa, Rowinah Jakiwa Jan 2012

Gaya Pembelajaran Pelajar Diploma Dalam Mempelajari Bahasa Jerman / Rowinah Jakiwa, Rowinah Jakiwa

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The purpose of this research is to identify the learning style of Diploma students in learning German language at German-Malaysian Institute and to find out the relationship between the learning styles and the academic achievement. A total of 190 Diploma students from different year of studies and courses at GMI involved in this study. The respondents comprised of 108 male and 82 female students. Data which is collected by using Index of Learning Style (1991) questionnaire and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0. The findings of this research show that the student’s main learning style is …


Analisis Morfo-Fonologi Perkataan Pinjaman Bahasa Inggeris Dalam Bahasa Arab / Syahirah Almuddin, Almuddin Syahirah Jan 2012

Analisis Morfo-Fonologi Perkataan Pinjaman Bahasa Inggeris Dalam Bahasa Arab / Syahirah Almuddin, Almuddin Syahirah

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The research of “ Morpho-phonological analysis of English Loanwords in Arabic” discuss about the change of phonology and morphology aspects that happen in English loanwords in Arabic. In foreign loanwords the questions that arise are either the word is borrowed entirely by way of spelling similarization or to be taken part of it and been similarize with pattern that in the targeted language at the same time the phonology similarization. Thus this research is to fulfill three main objectives that are to identify English loanwords in Arabic, analyse the process that happen in phonology similarization and morphology of these words …


Penguasaan Pelajar Stam Terhadap Imbuhan Kata Bahasa Arab / Muhamad Fahmi Abd Jalil, Abd Jalil Muhamad Fahmi Jan 2012

Penguasaan Pelajar Stam Terhadap Imbuhan Kata Bahasa Arab / Muhamad Fahmi Abd Jalil, Abd Jalil Muhamad Fahmi

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This research is to identify the level of students’ competency towards affixes and the word meaning of the affixed words in Arabic. The debate of affixes in Arabic covers alAf’a:l al-Mazi:d and al- Istiqa:q. This research also intends to identify the factors that affect low competency of students’ mastering towards of fixes and meaningsin Arabic and identifying the hard parts of mastering and the source of difficulties faced by students. Several effective ways or solutions in understanding and mastering affixes and meanings in Arabic are being introduced or proposed in the last chapter of this research. The research participants were …


Penggunaan Bahasa Dan Pemaparan Gender Dalam Iklan Majalah / Hadawiah Junaidi, Junaidi Hadawiah Jan 2012

Penggunaan Bahasa Dan Pemaparan Gender Dalam Iklan Majalah / Hadawiah Junaidi, Junaidi Hadawiah

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This study investigates the relationship between language and the gender component seen in magazine commercial advertisements. The focus of this study is on the use of written language as well as symbolic representations in magazine advertisement and their effects on the gender concept. The researcher adopted the concept proposed by Coates as the main framework in this study. According to Coates, masculinity and feminism can be reflected through language such as using specific set of words or phrases in demonstrating the gender in context. The commercial advertisements used in this study are categorized according gender of audience i.e males, females …


Reka Bentuk Perisian Pembelajaran Balaghah Arab Peringkat Sekolah Menengah / Mohd Zulkhairi Abd Hamid, Abd Hamid Mohd Zulkhairi Jan 2012

Reka Bentuk Perisian Pembelajaran Balaghah Arab Peringkat Sekolah Menengah / Mohd Zulkhairi Abd Hamid, Abd Hamid Mohd Zulkhairi

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This study is related to learning balaghah in Form 4 Arabic language subject. The aims of this study are as follows: to design more effective and fun alternative method of learning balaghah, to identify the elements of multimedia used in designing balaghah learning software, and to evaluate the effectiveness of multimedia technology-based balaghah learning. The software designing process was based on the Arabic software development model structured using ASSURE instructional design model (Heinch et al., 1996) workflow guide. Mix-method approach was used in this study where 76 respondents from form four students of Maktab Mahmud, Alor Setar, Kedah, who were …


Difficulties Faced By Omani Postgraduate Students In An English For Academic Purposes Context / Hamed Ahmed Matar Al-Anqodi, Hamed Ahmed Matar Al-Anqodi Jan 2012

Difficulties Faced By Omani Postgraduate Students In An English For Academic Purposes Context / Hamed Ahmed Matar Al-Anqodi, Hamed Ahmed Matar Al-Anqodi

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This research was conducted to identify the difficulties faced by Omani postgraduates in the use of English for academic purposes (EAP). Seven areas of academic language use at a public university in Malaysia were identified as the focus of this investigation. The study employed a mixed method approach to utilize both quantitative and qualitative data obtained through a questionnaire and interviews. A questionnaire and interviews were designed and administrated to 13 Omani postgraduates from 7 faculties in the academic year 2010/2011. The students were asked to indicate the problems they faced in performing the following academic language tasks: note taking, …


A Comparative Study Of Politeness Strategies In Economic Journals / Budianto Hamuddin, Budianto Hamuddin Jan 2012

A Comparative Study Of Politeness Strategies In Economic Journals / Budianto Hamuddin, Budianto Hamuddin

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The Impact Of Cognitive Apprenticeship On The Learning Of Past Tense Forms Among Esl Learners / Gan Shiau Hui, Shiau Hui Gan Jan 2012

The Impact Of Cognitive Apprenticeship On The Learning Of Past Tense Forms Among Esl Learners / Gan Shiau Hui, Shiau Hui Gan

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Accurate use of grammar, especially the use of tenses, is an important element when it comes to the learning of English. For those whose first language (L1) does not have verb conjugation, learning verb tenses in English as a second or foreign language could be confusing especially to those who lack the exposure. Studies conducted in Malaysia on error analysis found that verb tenses are among the most common errors made by secondary school students in their essays (Lim, 1976; Saadiyah Darus & Khor, 2009; Vahdatinejad, 2008) and is difficult to remedy (Saadiyah Darus & Kaladevi Subramaniam, 2009; Vijaya & …


An Investigation Of Classroom Intervention : Plot As A Pre-Writing Strategy On The Narrative Writing Of Esl Students / Gan Shiau Chin, Shiau Chin Gan Jan 2012

An Investigation Of Classroom Intervention : Plot As A Pre-Writing Strategy On The Narrative Writing Of Esl Students / Gan Shiau Chin, Shiau Chin Gan

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Out of the four language skills, writing skills is said to be one of the harder skills for ESL students to master (Naginder Kaur, Nor Hayati Othman, & Abdullah, 2008; Sabariah Md. Rashid & Chan, 2008). Although writing is part of the major component being tested in the SPM English examination, yet many students with low level of English proficiency scores poorly for this component. One of the factors which lead to their poor performance in writing test is the lack of knowledge in pre-writing strategies. Pre-writing refers to the first stage of the writing processes, whereby one will spend …


Language Choice Among The Ceylonese Community In Klang / Nirmeela Navaneethachandran, Nirmeela Navaneethachandran Jan 2012

Language Choice Among The Ceylonese Community In Klang / Nirmeela Navaneethachandran, Nirmeela Navaneethachandran

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Penggunaan Pujian Dalam Bahasa Cina Oleh Guru Wanita Dan Lelaki / Teoh Huoi She, Huoi She Teoh Jan 2012

Penggunaan Pujian Dalam Bahasa Cina Oleh Guru Wanita Dan Lelaki / Teoh Huoi She, Huoi She Teoh

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This purpose of this study is to examine compliment among secondary school teachers in Chinese language. Therefore, this study tends to explore the common realizations of compliments in Chinese language which used by female and male teachers in the classroom. In addition, this study also to explore lexical and syntactic patterns of Chinese compliments. The data of the present study are based on the conversation in the classroom which has been recorded and transcribed. Jefferson Transcription System (1978) adapted and modified to analyze the conversation in Chinese language. The study was obtained on the analytical framework established by Ye (1995) …


Probing Understanding: Emergent Second Language Readers’ Visual Literacy / Marina Binti Mohd Arif, Mohd Arif Marina Jan 2012

Probing Understanding: Emergent Second Language Readers’ Visual Literacy / Marina Binti Mohd Arif, Mohd Arif Marina

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Due to the visually saturated world we live in more children are becoming visual learners but the school curriculum is yet to acknowledge this change and a lot of literacy teaching still focuses on the ability to decode and encode printed words. There is a need then to look into the potential of visuals in the teaching of second language literacy and to acknowledge the individual differences and needs of young learners. This study was conducted to better understand emergent second language readers’ visual literacy by looking at the meaning-making process that children engage in when transacting with books that …


Language Shift Among Muslim Tamils In The Klang Valley / Azeezah Jameelah Bt. Mohamed Mohideen, Azeezah Jameelah Mohamed Mohideen Jan 2012

Language Shift Among Muslim Tamils In The Klang Valley / Azeezah Jameelah Bt. Mohamed Mohideen, Azeezah Jameelah Mohamed Mohideen

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The purpose of this study is to contribute sociolinguistic knowledge on intergenerational language shift across three age groups of Muslim Tamils in the Klang Valley area of Malaysia whose mother tongue is the Tamil language. Two research questions are investigated: (1) Is there an intergenerational decrease in the use of the Tamil language among Klang Valley Muslim Tamils in crucial domains such as family, friendship, education, entertainment, employment and social events? and (2) What are the probable motivators behind the language choices of the Klang Valley Muslim Tamils? The first question was answered through domain-based enquiry within the framework of …


Perumpamaan Melayu : Kajian Terhadap Penggunaannya Oleh Hamka Dalam Tafsir Al-Azhar Juzu' 27 / Imron Baehaqi, Imron Baehaqi Jan 2012

Perumpamaan Melayu : Kajian Terhadap Penggunaannya Oleh Hamka Dalam Tafsir Al-Azhar Juzu' 27 / Imron Baehaqi, Imron Baehaqi

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Disertasi yang bertajuk: "Perumpamaan Melayu: Kajian Terhadap Penggunaannya Oleh HAMKA Dalam Tafsir al-Azhar Juzu' 27" merupakan satu kajian mengenai perumpamaan Melayu yang dikemukakan oleh HAMKA dalam kitab tafsirnya, al-Azhar dengan bertumpu pada juzuk 27. HAMKA adalah salah seorang tokoh Nusantara yang memiliki banyak kelebihan. Beliau dikenal sebagai ulama, pujangga, ahli falsafah, ahli sejarah, pejuang Islam, sasterawan, budayawan, ahli politik dan penulis yang prolifik. Tidaklah berlebihan, kalau HAMKA juga dikatakan sebagai ahli tafsir kerana keberhasilannya menulis karya tafsir secara lengkap, iaitu tafsir al-Azhar. Dalam mentafsirkan suatu ayat, didapati bahawa HAMKA menggunakan pendekatan bahasa yang mudah difahami, khususnya oleh masyarakat Melayu. Hal …


Masalah Sebutan Bunyi Vokal Bahasa Arab Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Melayu Di Ipta / Nur Afifah Binti Mohd. Aminuddin Zaki, Nur Afifah Mohd. Aminuddin Zaki Jan 2012

Masalah Sebutan Bunyi Vokal Bahasa Arab Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Melayu Di Ipta / Nur Afifah Binti Mohd. Aminuddin Zaki, Nur Afifah Mohd. Aminuddin Zaki

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Dalam bidang fonetik dan fonologi bahasa Arab terdapat pelbagai kajian telah dijalankan secara meluas. Walaubagaimanapun, kajian-kajian yang telah dijalankan banyak tertumpu kepada konsonan BA berbanding vokal. Justeru disertasi ini mengambil peluang untuk mengkaji penggunaan vokal BA dalam kalangan pelajar. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti masalah kesilapan sebutan bunyi vokal BA dalam kalangan pelajar IPTA. Metodologi kajian adalah lebih bersifat lapangan di mana data dan sampel kajian dikumpul dari sejumlah responden yang terpilih. Kaedah pengumpulan data bagi kajian ini ialah kaedah analisis kandungan, kaedah tinjauan dan kaedah pemerhatian. Data yang diperolehi pula dianalisis melalui Microsoft Excell dan Statistical Package for …


Using Newspapers To Improve Narrative Writing Among Secondary School Students / Saibah Binti Awang Ahmad, Saibah Awang Ahmad Jan 2012

Using Newspapers To Improve Narrative Writing Among Secondary School Students / Saibah Binti Awang Ahmad, Saibah Awang Ahmad

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Due to limited exposure and usage of the English language, many secondary school students in rural areas have difficulty in writing a narrative essay. The main reason given is lack of vocabulary. Hence, this research is to find out the student’s performance in narrative essay writing after an intervention in vocabulary acquisition using The Star newspaper as an alternative teaching and learning material. Activities using the newspaper are carried out for six weeks, at a frequency of 2 to 3 times a week. The methods applied in this study are pretest, post-test and interviews. The pre-test and post-test design is …


A Study Of ‘China English’ And Its Linguistic Features / Deng Yun, Yun Deng Jan 2012

A Study Of ‘China English’ And Its Linguistic Features / Deng Yun, Yun Deng

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Based on Kachru’s theory of World Englishes, namely the Three Concentric Circles Model, this study will link the concept naturally to the English which is used in the Chinese context and brings it into primarily two stages of nativization of English in contemporary China: ‘Chinglish’ and ‘China English’. After the comprehensive analysis of the differences between ‘Chinglish’ and ‘China English’, the study aims to make a new definition of the term ‘China English’ in the domain of World Englishes. Following that, the researcher would exemplify the linguistic features of ‘China English’ at three levels, viz lexis, syntax and discourse. The …


Pembentukan Kata Tamil Dalam Berita Televisyen / Meenambigai A/P Narayanasamy, Meenambigai Narayanasamy Jan 2012

Pembentukan Kata Tamil Dalam Berita Televisyen / Meenambigai A/P Narayanasamy, Meenambigai Narayanasamy

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Kajian ini fokus terhadap pembentukan kata Tamil dalam berita televisyen. Objektif kajian ini ialah mengenal pasti proses-proses pembentukan kata-kata baru yang digunakan dalam berita Tamil TV2, RTM. Selain itu, kajian ini juga dilakukan untuk mengkaji cara-cara yang digunakan oleh editor berita Tamil TV2, RTM untuk membentuk kata-kata baru. Kajian ini berbentuk deskriptif dan menggunakan kaedah gabungan, iaitu kaedah kualitatif dan kuantitatif mudah. Skrip berita Tamil TV2, RTM yang disiarkan dari 1hb Januari 2011 hingga 28hb Februari 2011 digunakan sebagai data kajian. Sebanyak 220 patah perkataan dianalisis berpandukan Kerangka Pengkategorian Proses Pembentukan Kata Yule, G. (1985). Semua data kajian disemak statusnya …


Reading Comprehension Difficulties Among Middle Eastern Students / Ihab A. Abdulaziz, A. Abdulaziz Ihab Jan 2012

Reading Comprehension Difficulties Among Middle Eastern Students / Ihab A. Abdulaziz, A. Abdulaziz Ihab

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Reading is a process that requires effort on the readers’ part if they want to understand what they are reading. A vast amount of research has been devoted to understand processes that contribute to reading comprehension. As part of that research, this study was conducted to explore problems or difficulties faced by 30 Middle Eastern students in the University of Malaya when they read texts in English and the reading strategies used by them. Based on the hypotheses that the students lack of ability to identify main ideas, infer information, deduce meaning from context, elicit specific information or details, guess …


Analysis Of Verbs In The Writing Of Efl Mongolian Writers / Uyanga Narangerel, Narangerel Uyanga Jan 2012

Analysis Of Verbs In The Writing Of Efl Mongolian Writers / Uyanga Narangerel, Narangerel Uyanga

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The present study investigates error found in 45 Mongolian students’ English language essays. Participants were final year students majoring in English from the University of Humanities, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. All participants identified their English proficiency level as “advanced” and they are to receive a Bachelors Degree of “English Language Teacher” upon graduation. Data were collected through simple random sampling of students from EFL courses who were then asked to participate in an essay writing task by choosing one of three available topics. In order to make the project more comprehensive, all errors were identified by three independent instructors: one English …


Generic Structure Of Introductions In Entrepreneurship Research Articles / Fatemeh Naderi Osat, Osat Fatemeh Naderi Jan 2012

Generic Structure Of Introductions In Entrepreneurship Research Articles / Fatemeh Naderi Osat, Osat Fatemeh Naderi

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The purpose of the present study is twofold. Firstly it seeks to find the generic structures that are inherent in the introduction sections of entrepreneurship research articles and secondly it investigates the role of experiential metafunction and its distribution in realization of obligatory generic elements that are found in the data. The approach applied is a combination of Halliday and Hasan’s (1989) model of genre analysis to find the generic structure potential (GSP) of the introduction sections as well as Halliday’s (1994) model of transitivity analysis to find the typicality of the process types and their contribution in the realization …


A Genre-Based Analysis Of Tourism Homepages Of Thailand / Daruni Krairak, Krairak Daruni Jan 2012

A Genre-Based Analysis Of Tourism Homepages Of Thailand / Daruni Krairak, Krairak Daruni

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The research is a genre-based analysis of tourism homepages of Thailand. The study mainly aims to explore the move structures and linguistic features of the tourism homepages. Data were collected from 30 Thai-tourism websites using the framework of move analysis developed by Bhatia (1993) and Askehave and Nielson (2005). Only the homepage of each website was used for the analysis. In addition, a computerized concordancing programme named “Concapp Concordance Browser and Editor” by Greaves (1993-2008) was used to identify and analyze prominent linguistic features of the moves. The results reveal that the prototypical move structure consists of 4 moves: 1) …


Penguasaan Masdar : Satu Kajian Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Arab Di Ipts Perak / Mohamad Faizal Bin Amat @ Mohd Yusoff, Amat @ Mohd Yusoff Mohamad Faizal Jan 2012

Penguasaan Masdar : Satu Kajian Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Arab Di Ipts Perak / Mohamad Faizal Bin Amat @ Mohd Yusoff, Amat @ Mohd Yusoff Mohamad Faizal

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Pengkaji menyiapkan sebuah disertasi yang bertajuk “Penguasaan Masdar : Satu Kajian Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Arab Di IPTS Perak”. Kajian ini membicarakan tentang penguasaan pelajar-pelajar di IPTS Perak berkaitan dengan Masdar di dalam Nahu Bahasa Arab. Penguasaan ini meliputi kemahiran bertutur dan menulis di dalam Bahasa Arab. Kandungan disertasi ini juga menyentuh beberapa perkara berkaitan penguasaan Masdar di kalangan pelajar iaitu dari sudut pencapaian pemahaman tentang tajuk ini di samping menerangkan beberapa masalah yang mempengaruhi pencapaian pelajar. Pada peringkat permulaan pengkaji membuat kajian perpustakaan berkaitan masdar dan diterangkan di dalam sebuah bab disertasi ini. Ia meliputi beberapa bab masdar yang …


Topic Familiarization And Vocabulary Introduction In Second Language Reading / Mohsen Pornour, Mohsen Pornour Jan 2012

Topic Familiarization And Vocabulary Introduction In Second Language Reading / Mohsen Pornour, Mohsen Pornour

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Although the field of second language teaching and learning has witnessed an enormous amount of research on reading skills, in general, and on topic familiarity and vocabulary teaching/learning, in particular, almost no attention has been paid to the teacher‟s role in topic familiarization and vocabulary introduction. In an attempt to fill this gap, and in an explanatory mixed methods design, the present study investigated the effects of the teacher‟s intervention in an L2 reading class by comparing the applicability of written topic familiarization with the effectiveness of teacher-directed topic familiarization in students‟ performance of comprehension tests. Furthermore, the adequacy of …


A Comparison Of Native And Non-Native Efl Teachers Based On Learner Performance And Stakeholders’ Perceptions / Hossein Ali Majlesifard, Ali Majlesifard Hossein Jan 2012

A Comparison Of Native And Non-Native Efl Teachers Based On Learner Performance And Stakeholders’ Perceptions / Hossein Ali Majlesifard, Ali Majlesifard Hossein

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Controversies on the native and non-native English teacher dichotomy have been historically a matter of concern according to many pioneering scholars of the field. Although a great deal of research in the field of teaching English as a foreign language has compared native and non-native speaking English teachers (henceforth N/NNSETs), to the best of the researcher’s knowledge no attempt has been made so far to examine the outcome of the performance of these two teacher types in the Iranian EFL context. Be that as it may, this study focused on EFL learners, EFL teachers, and policy makers in Iran. The …


Pemilihan Perkataan Dan Struktur Morfologi Dalam Surah Al-Fatihah / Mat Taib Bin Pa, Pa Mat Taib Jan 2012

Pemilihan Perkataan Dan Struktur Morfologi Dalam Surah Al-Fatihah / Mat Taib Bin Pa, Pa Mat Taib

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Kajian ini membincangkan mengenai pemilihan perkataan dan struktur morfologi dalam al-Quran al-Karim secara amnya dan surah al-Fatihah secara khasnya. Ini adalah kerana perkataan Arab boleh dilihat daripada beberapa sudut makna, iaitu makna tersurat, makna tersirat, makna majazi dan makna kinayah. Di samping itu, ia juga boleh dilihat dari sudut sinonim, polisemi dan taḍaadd. Dari aspek morfologi pula, perkataan Arab mempunyai banyak pola kata yang mempunyai perbezaan yang halus dan terperinci bukan sahaja antara kategori yang berlainan, malah antara kategori yang sama. Persoalan yang timbul ialah bagaimana pemilihan itu dilakukan? Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji sebab dan rahsia pemilihan perkataan …


Sabah Malay Dialect : Phonological Differentiation In Social Context / Jane Wong Kon Ling, Jane Kon Ling Wong Jan 2012

Sabah Malay Dialect : Phonological Differentiation In Social Context / Jane Wong Kon Ling, Jane Kon Ling Wong

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Sabah Malay Dialect (SMD) or ‘the speech of Sabah’ is used widely as a lingua franca in interaction between different ethnic groups, and within single groups in Sabah. The broad sociolinguistic setting of the people of Sabah has influenced the formation of SMD. This is enhanced by migrations from Indonesia, the Philippines and other states in Malaysia. Consequently, the vast socio-cultural and socio-economic settings have resulted in language variations in SMD. SMD displays distinctiveness especially in its phonology compared to Standard Malay and other dialects. SMD is indeed a dialect in its own right as shown by this study. Adopting …