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An Investigation Of Subject-Verb Agreement Errors In The Interlanguage Of Esl Learners, Kok Tin Koh

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study seeks to investigate the subject-verb agreement errors in the interlanguage of ESL learners of a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur. Using a self-designed cloze test. a total of 2,454 errors (61.4%) was elicited and categorised into five main categories of singular/plural subject-verb agreement. From the errors and percentage of errors obtained, the most common error was identified and the cause of errors explained. The sub-categories in each main category of errors were compared to determine which area of the singular/plural subject-verb agreement posed more difficulty to the learners. The subject+ auxiliary does/do category accounted for the highest percentage …

Penggunaan Al-Damair Dalam Karangan, Manisah Mohd. Nor

Student Works (2000-2009)

This dissertation, which is entitled 'Usage of "Al-Damair" in Composition Writing An Analytical Study of Incorrect Use of "damir" in Compositions Written by Form IV Malay Students', is a partial fulfillment for Master of Arts, Faculty of modern Languages and Linguistics, The University of Malaya. This thesis has several objectives. The first is to highlight the importance of the proper and precise use of damir in the Arabic Language. The second objectives is to ascertain the level of performance and understanding in the use of damir by Malay students from religious schools. The third is to identify the causes of …

Urutan Kata Nama Derivasi Kecil Dan Bentuk Pemakaiannya, Ramli Abdul Latif

Student Works (2000-2009)

Disertasi ini bertajuk "URUTAN KATA NAMA DERIVASI KECIL DAN BENTUK PEMAKAIANNYA". la adalah tajuk dalam bidang morfologi yang penulis fokuskan dan membuat analisis tentang urutan kata nama derivasi kecil dan bentuk-bentuk pemakaiannya dalarn bahasa Arab. Tajuk ini merupakan tajuk kajian tentang pecahan kata dalam bahasa Arab yang merangkumi kata nama dan kata kerja. Pecahan kata nama daripada kata sumber atau kata dasar ini dinamakan kata nama derivasi kecil

Analisis Ayat Berpredikat Frasa Kerja : Satu Pendekatan Tata Bahasa Kasus, Samsur Rijal Yahaya

Student Works (2000-2009)

Disertasi ini mengungkapkan struktur ayat berfrasa kerja dalam bahasa Malaysia. Untuk menjabarkannya, digunakan Teori Tata Bahasa Kasus yang dipelopori oleh Charles Fillmore. Penelitian ini menggunakan data yang dikumpulkan dari sebuah novel iaitu Menrouw Toga yang ditulis oleh Sasterawan Negara Arena Wati. Penulis mengumpulkan data melalui metode catatan tentang satuan tematis. Pada tahap analisis data, telah digunakan metode distribusional dengan teknik substitu si, delesi, dan ekspansi. Kemudian metode distribusional ini digabungkan pula dengan teknik lmmideate Constituens (ICs). lmplikasi dan pengaplikasian Teori Tata Bahasa Kasus ini, suatu ayat terdiri atas proposisi. Proposisi terbahagi kepada Verba dan Argumen-argumennya. Argumen-argumen inilah yang diberi label …

Satu Kajian Penguasaan Sebutan Bahasa Al-Quran Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama, Abdul Rahman Md. Hassan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Disertasi ini ditulis berasaskan kajian yang dilakukan di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Tok Jiring, Kuala Terengganu. Fokus utama kajian yang dibuat adalah kepada guru-guru yang mengajar AI-Quran dan Pelajar-Pelajar Tingkatan Tiga Tahun 1997. Bab pertama merupakan pengenalan yang menerangkan tentang permasalahan pelajar-pelajar membaca AI-Quran secara umum. Kemudian dinyatakan secara ringkas tentang kepcntingan analisis kesilapan, kepentingan kajian ini , ruang lingkup kajian, responden, batasan kajian metodologi dan tinjauan awal kajian lepas. Bab kedua membicarakan tentang cara membunyikan bahasa Al-Quran yang melibatkan makhraj huruf, sifat-sifatnya yang lazim dan yang tidak lazim, mad, qasr, waqaf dan ibtida. Bab ketiga diisi dengan data-data yang …

A Study Of The Variant Forms Of Chinese Characters In Jiyun, Lye Hin Lee

Student Works (2000-2009)

This thesis attempts to give an initial etymological, semantics and phonological analysis of the variant forms of the Chinese characters found in a phonology lexicon, Jiyun. The focus of this study is on the comparison among the above-mentioned variant forms and the relevant scripts listed in the ancient Chinese etymological and phonological works, namely, Erya (EY), Shuowen Jiezi (SW), Fangyan (FY), Guangya (GYa), Yupian (YP), Longkan shuojing (LKSJ), Guangyun (GY) and other classical literary works. In the introduction, a brief elaboration of JY with its praises and disparages by the scholars through the ages is given, followed by the scope …

Strategi Penukaran Kod Di Kalangan Guru-Guru Cina Berpendidikan Cina Dan Bukan Berpendidikan Cina : Satu Kajian Kes, Kheng Leng Gan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini merupakan satu tinjauan terhadap gejala penukaran kod yang ber1aku di kalangan guru-guru keturunan Cina yang berpendidikan Cina dan bukan berpendidikan Cina di sebuah sekolah menengah di Seremban.  Objektif Kajian ini adalah untuk meneliti fenomena penukaran kod dalam masyarakat Cina Malaysia yang boleh bertutur pelbagai bahasa dialek khususnya Bahasa Kantonis, Bahasa Mandarin dan bahasa lain iaitu Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa lnggeris.  Di samping itu, kajian ini turut mengesan kekerapan penukaran kod yang ber1aku di kalangan dua kumpulan informan ini dan mengkaji faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan berlaku penukaran kod berdasarkan fungsi-fungsi penukaran kod wacana dan faktor-faktor soslo-budaya.

Perspektif Baru Dalam Kemahiran Mengarang : Satu Kajian Kes, Mohd Azam Ahmad

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Malay Linguistics has progressed parallel to the developments of modern linguistic. Therefore, it is fair that the methods of teaching as well as the syllabus of Malay Language of our schools be revised in accordance to such developments. In relation to the above issue, this study has attempted to observe the various methodologies of the teaching of essay writing skills. The syllabus and students' essay products have been carefully studied. Based on the observation, some weaknesses were identified both in the syllabus content as well as in the pedagogical components of the teaching of essay writing skills. It is …

Pengaruh Bahasa Dalam Pencapaian Matematik Di Sebuah Sekolah Persendirian Cina, Sook Theng Pang

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of language in mathematics achievement of Form Four students, and their difficulties in solving mathematics word problems in Bahasa Malaysia version. 40 Form Four students from one of the Chinese Independent High School in Kuala Lumpur, who speak Bahasa Malaysia as a second language were asked to solve 10 mathematics word problems in Bahasa Malaysia version in 40 minutes. Before that, they were asked to solve 10 mathematics word problems in Bahasa Cina version during their Final Year Examination (1999). After that, J samples were interviewed. The interviews conducted to …

Reading Problems Among Students In Urban Secondary Schools : A Teacher's Perspective, Santhi Palaniappan

Student Works (2000-2009)

As the sophistication of modem technologies continue to grow, reading has become a vital tool for keeping abreast with current development. As such, inability to read can severe the link to this modem world of knowledge. Bearing this in mind, the purpose of this study was to focus on the plight of struggling readers among secondary school students. This study is an investigation on the various types of reading problems of selected urban secondary school students in the Klang valley from a teacher's perspective. Deficiencies in reading ability, which prevents effective participation in classroom activities, were identified by ESL teachers. …

Faculty Handbook, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Handbooks

Faculty Handbook for Georgia Southern University for the 2000-2001 academic year. The Faculty Handbook is published online by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and archived in Digital Commons@Georgia Southern.

Analisis Kesilapan Penggunaan Kata Kerja Dalam Bahasa Portugis Di Kalangan Pelajar Universiti Malaya, Jamian Mohamad

Student Works (2000-2009)

Disertasi ini bertajuk "Analisis Kesilapan Penggunaan Kata Kerja Dalam Bahasa Portugis Di Kalangan Pelajar Universiti Malaya". Tumpuan utama penyelidik di dalam kajian ini ialah untuk melihat kesilapan penggunaan kata kerja dalam bahasa Portugis. Kata kerja dipilih kerana ia merupakan asas kepada pembentukan ayat atau sintaksis dalam bahasa Portugis. Masalah untuk menyesuaikan kata kerja berdasarkan gantinama dan kala sering dihadapi oleh pelajar-pelajar bahasa Portugis.

Analisis Kesilapan Tatabahasa Dalam Penulisan Karangan Bahasa Melayu Pelajar Tingkatan Lima, Mohamad Abdul Rahman

Student Works (2000-2009)

This survey is mainly done for identifying the grammatical errors in Malay Language essay writing of form five students. It focuses on the wrong usage of three kinds of grammatical items; ; subject-verb-agreement, conjunction and pluralization. A total of 30 form five students from Guar Chempedak Secondary School participated in this survey. The data are analysed by using the descriptive statistic to find out the frequency and the percentage of the errors found in the essay. The finding indicates that a number of 279 grammatical errors (subject-verb agreement, conjunction and pluralization) are done by the students. The most significant error …

The Current Relevance Of Nannul Collatikaram In Modern Tamil, Omonora K. Kathamuthu

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini adalah mengenai satu buku tatabahasa Tamil, Nannül, yang dikarang oleh seorang sami bernama Pavananti, pada tahun 1200 - 1300 A.D. Buku ini ada dua bahagian besar iaitu fonologi dalam bahagian pertama dan morfologi serta sintaksis dalam bahagian. Buku ini ditulis dalam bentuk sajak. Ia 462 sútra. Ramai pengulas telah menghasilkan ulasan dan keterangan mengenai buku Nannul yang telah menyenangkan jenerasi kini untuk memahami sutra-sutra yang terdapat dalam buku Nannul serta teori-teori dan peraturan-peraturan penulis buku Nannül. Kajian Inl menumpukan kepada bahagian kedua yang memperkatakan tentang morfologi dan sintaksis. Satu tajuk, "pataviyal' daripada bahaglan pertama juga diambll kira sebab …

Contract Law At Century's End: Some Personal Reflections, Andrew B.L. Phang

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

As we approach the end of the second millennium, the common law of contract-transplanted via colonialism into many lands and climes-has indeed flourished. It has certainly developed apace in the land of its origin, England, but has also evolved in distinct directions elsewhere, particularly in Australia and New Zealand.2 But this development is simply part of a continuous process and a great many interesting issues remain to be considered at the commencement of the next millennium and beyond. This is due, in part, to the very diversity that has been briefly alluded to. However, even on a more general level, …

Epistemological Realities: Archival Data And Disciplinary Knowledge In The History Of Sociology—Or, When Did George Elliott Howard Study In Paris?, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This supplement is published in conjunction with the Interim Meeting of the International Sociological Association, Research Committee on the History of Sociology (RCHS) in Torun, Poland, June 1-4, 2000. As many of my colleagues from the United States travel to Europe this summer for the interim meeting in the historic city of Torun, it seems especially appropriate to recall the trans-Atlantic educational adventures of one of our American sociological pioneers.

George Elliott Howard (1849-1928), president of the American Sociological Society in 1917, was one of those American scholars who recognized the value of European training at a time when opportunities …

Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog [1999-2000], Georgia Southern University

Undergraduate & Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Falsafah Etika Masyarakat Melayu Tradisional : Satu Kajian Berdasarkan Pantun Melayu, Zaleha Ahmat

Student Works (2000-2009)

The idea of this study is to put forward an analysis on the system of ethics of the traditional Malays. Nevertheless, it does not provide a listing of characters, attitudes and behaviour of the people. This writing is giving attention on a research of the existence and conscience of ethics from a philosophical view. This study is about attempts on seeking originality and authenticity in the significance of "budi" which is synonymous to the Malay people and its civilization. "Budi' defined as a soul process of purifying self consciousness in gaining truth to the result of choices and actions made …

Linguistic Meaning, Nonlinguistic “Expression,” And The Multiplevariants Of Expressivism: A Reply To Professors Anderson And Pildes, Matthew D. Adler

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Analisis Wacana Tafsiran Al-Quran : Tumpuan Surah Al-Fatihah, Abdul Hamid Sulaiman

Student Works (2000-2009)

The objective of this research is to introduce a discourse analysis method found in Islamic writings. This research shows that knowledge in this field does not belong to the Western scholars only. The author has chosen a discourse analysis method that benefits a wider scope of audience and of better preference to study. A discourse study of the meaning of The Quran (tafsir) is the first preference in Islam. There are so many tafsir made by Islamic scholars ever since the past decades until today. They were made in various methodology and backgrounds of the authors. The tafsir of al-Quran …

The Lozanov Method, Ryan James

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Construction Of A Diasporic Tradition: Indo-Caribbean "Local Classical Music", Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

A historical and stylistic survey of Indo-Caribbean local-classical music, an idiosyncratic form of North Indian song created by indentured immigrants and their descendants, primarily in Trinidad and Guyana.

The Influence Of Selected Noncognitive Variables On The Academic Success Of Urban Black High School Males In An Enrichment Pre-College Program, Leon Rouson

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The thrust of this study was to examine the influence of selected noncognitive variables on the academic success of urban Black high school males in an enrichment Pre-College Program. The major research question was: Which of the selected noncognitive variables are most useful in predicting academic success for urban Black high school males?

This study reinvestigated Sedlacek and Brooks' (1976) proposed set of seven noncognitive variables related to academic success: (a) self-concept; (b) realistic self-appraisal; (c) understanding of and ability to deal with racism; (d) preference for long-term goals over more immediate, short-term needs; (e) availability of a strong support …

Working Towards A Cartographic Lexicon: The Role Of Units, Structure, Content, And Expression In Geographic Information, Michael Charles Fabbri

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis was conceived from an interdisciplinary perspective towards the advancement of cartographic research and geographic education. The primary focus is to understand the cognitive process of cartographic communication as an approach both to improvements in design and to teaching and learning of the cartographic language. Specifically, it attempts to understand more about how the map functions. It accepts that the map is a functional graphic display, whose main purpose is to represent, communicate, and store geographical information, which allows a focus on what that geographical information is conceptually. The essential goal of map use is geographic comprehension, and if …

Harding University Graduate School Of Religion 2000-2001 Catalog, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the graduate program in Bible and religion.

Illinois State Scholar, Vol. 10 (2000), Office Of The Provost, Illinois State University

Redbird Scholar

No abstract provided.

The Colors And Shadows Of My Word(S), Lydia A. Saravia

Open Access Master's Theses

If I find my voice, I will find my identity. Voice gives identity meaning. The acquisition of language (voice) means an acquisition of subjectivity (identity). A search for an identity is a search for voice. But formation of identity is difficult when multiple layers of subjectivity are to be considered: the layer of dual culture, in this case Guatemala and the United States, the layer of an urban environment, the layer of a working-class status, the layer of being female, which are all major players in the development of voice. To make sense of, and find a voice for, a …

An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Wilme Mankiller, Lynda D. Peters

Open Access Master's Theses

This thesis examines the rhetoric of Wilma Mankiller, first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Although some research has addressed Native American oratory, this study is the first to this writer’s knowledge, that critically evaluates the public discourse of Mankiller. This analysis reveals a distinct relationship in the characteristics of the rhetoric of Wilma Mankiller that are inherent in the unique cultural heritage of Native American oratory.

A study of Native American oratory in general, a study of Cherokee oratory, and a study of the rhetoric of Wilma Mankiller were conducted. This analysis employed the neo-Aristotelian approach in …

Gendered Communication Among Second Generation Danish Americans In The "Blair Church:" A Study In Progress, John Mark Nielsen

The Bridge

I am not nor do I pretend to be an expert on gendered communication or feminist criticism. I have, however, used Carol Gilligan's In A Different Voice and Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand in classes with good results.1 While students differ in their responses, these works are accessible to many and have inspired good discussion about how gender may affect decision-making and impact the way messages are sent and received. Additionally, I have found writings by Peggy McIntosh, Carol Smith-Rosenberg, and Barbara Welter helpful in exploring and thinking about the writings of American women writers of the pre-Civil War …

Home-School Collaboration: A Case Study, Sarah C. Ferguson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

No abstract provided.