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Learning Esl Through Dialogue Journal Writing : A Case Study Of A Form Five Esl Student, Fong Say Foo

Student Works (2000-2009)

In recent times dialogue journal writing has been used as a learning strategy to support ESL learning. It is premised on the view that learning is a collaborative venture between a teacher and a student. It adopts a social constructivist perspective that learning is facilitated by the presence of a more capable person providing assistance to the learner. Unlike the personal journal which involves private communication, dialogue journal evolves from the authenticity of partners, typically the teacher and student, engaging in an extended two-way written interaction in which there is real exchange of information. The act of interacting in writing …

The Composing Processes Of Pre-Intermediate Esl Students In Their First Language And The English Language, Mee Leng Yeong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study attempts to trace the composing processes of pre-intermediate ESL students in their first language and the English language. It is also to test the hypothesis that pre-­intermediate ESL students use L1 as the dominant language to think when writing in their first language and the English Language. This is a qualitative research project using a case-study approach obtaining data through multiple data collection method. Sources of data were think-aloud protocol, semi-structured questionnaire, retrospective interview and analysis of students' written products. Five Malaysian Chinese students from a private college were asked to write two descriptive essays using one topic, …

Cultural Factors Affecting English Proficiency In Rural Areas, Chop Ler Ee

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the rural 'cultural' problems and to determine their effect on the learning of English. Twenty students from different ethnic backgrounds and English language proficiency in six rural schools were interviewed. In addition, ten teachers also from different rural schools and ethnic backgrounds responded to a questionnaire. The problems discussed by both the teacher and student respondents arose due to the rural cultural setting. The findings of this study show that i) five major problem areas exist, namely peer pressure and motivation, attitudes towards English, teaching methodology, school culture, influence of Islamic teaching …

Conversational Implicature In Child Language : A Malaysian Case Study, Sharon Lan Fong Yap

Student Works (2000-2009)

Conversational lmplicature (CI) is a form of pragmatic indirectness in language use that is widely considered to be an adult discourse phenomenon. However, detection of its use in children's discourse has led the researcher to embark on a study to document evidence of this phenomenon by investigating IO subjects aged 3 to 7 years. The participant observation method was adopted for this study and the data collected was presented as noted verbatim. The 'as is' nature of the data presented in Chapter Four served to document the children's ability to both extricate and generate applied meaning. Furthermore, by applying adult …

Al-Fasl Dan Al-Wasl : Satu Analisis Dalam Surah Al-Mulk, Zahazan Mohamed

Student Works (2000-2009)

As a chosen language for language of revelation, Arabic language has its own distinctive features that are not found in other languages Among them include the method of connecting and separating between two verses or more or particularly called in Arabic as AI-Fasl and AI-WasI. This study concerns rhetoric in Arabic which involves ilmu al-ma'ani that forms one of three areas of Arabic rhetoric. When must connecting of verses be necessary and when must they be separated? Furthermore, why is the method of connecting between verses in this topic involves only one huruf'ataf that is AI-Wasl and not other hurufs. …

Frasa Objek Dalam Bahasa Arab : Satu Kajian Kes, Halim Daud

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji dan mengenal pasti punca kelemahan yang dihadapi dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa Arab komunikasi di kalangan pelajar Sekolah Menengah Ugama Arab (SMUA). lni adalah penting bagi melihat keberkesanan penggunaan bahasa Arab dalam penulisan dan pertuturan seharian untuk mencapai tahap kefahaman yang tepat lagi mantap. Kajian ini dibahagikan kepada lima bab mengikut topik-topik tertentu. Bab pertama penulis membincangkan tentang latar belakang kajian, bidang kajian, objektif kajian, rasional kajian, metodologi kaj ian, latar belakang sejarah Ma'ahad Muhammadi semenjak d itubuhkan h i ngga sekarang. Dalam bab kedua, penulis cuba meninjau tentang pengertian dan asal-usul bahasa, leksikon kata, …

Pengalihan Kod Dan Percampuran Kod Dalam Komuniti Cina Peranakan Kelantan, Choo Bee Kang

Student Works (2000-2009)

The primary aim of this research is to discuss the communicative behaviour of the local Chinese ( Peranakan Chinese) in Tanah Merah Kelantan. Two aspects embodied in this research are code-switching and code-mixing. This research is also presented because of a few reasons. Firstly, it is aimed to see which types of communicative behaviour occurs more frequently in this community. Secondly, to see the frequency between social variables (sex , age and education) and communicative behaviour. Thirdly, this attempt is also made to see the language choice or type of linguistic code of the informants. The second chapter exposes a …

Terjemahan Bahasa Kiasan Dalam Novel `Kokoro' Dari Bahasa Jepun Ke Bahasa Melayu : Satu Analisis, Jaafar Jambi

Student Works (2000-2009)

The translation of figurative language is an aspect of translation which not only requires the knowledge of languages and cultures of both source and target languages but also of specific discourse and appropriate translation strategies peculiar to idiomatic expressions. This dissertation studies and analyses the translation of figurative language from Japanese into Malay in order to identify types and ways of translating idiomatic language. For this purpose the translation of a novel by Soseki Natsurne (1914) entitled KOKORO has been selected. The translated version is entitled KALBU translated by Thaiyibah Sulairnan (1996). The objectives of this study are :- 1. …

Pemakaian Al-Nawasikh Pada Ayat Namaan Dalam Bahasa Arab, Ghazali Majid

Student Works (2000-2009)

Annullers represent active elements used in nominal sentences and play a role with definite functions. Annulers influence changes in the meaning of a sentence and the declension of the sentence. Wrong interpretation in the understanding of the function can cause irregularities in the meaning end vowels of a word. This occurs especially because of differences in the contraction of a sentence between the Arabic language and the Malay language. Moreover discussions and annular are abundant because there are many varieties and branches of annullers , if is difficult to understand as wen as to remember them for implementation in written …

Communication Skills Of Autistic Malaysian Children Undergoing The Aba Programme, Chithra K. M. Krishnan Adiyodi

Student Works (2000-2009)

The aim of this research was to diagnose the communication ability of a group of ten children with autism who were undergoing the Applied Behaviour Analysis programme at a NASOM Autistic Educational Centre in Klang. The research also set out to show that these children were able to use in their daily life the skills that they have learnt in the programme. The ability of these children to communicate before and after the intervention was noted by using a Behavioural Language Assessment Form. through interviews with teachers and in the observations of the researcher. It was found that some communication …

Kajian Makna Tersembunyi Dan Penentu Sebutan Sir Fonetik [Ing], Sze Boon Eng

Student Works (2000-2009)

Chinese characters evolve from ideographic writing. They in fact originated from ancient pictographics. According to Liu Shu, an ancient document on Chinese characters, Chinese characters can be divided into six categories, namely, imitative drafts, indicative symbols, logical aggregates, phonetic complexes, false borrowing and mutually explanatory. Of these six types of Chinese characters, the phonetic complexes category is the most significant. This form of characters is made up of two main components, namely, the radical component and the phonetic series component. This group of Chinese characters makes up over ninety percent or about sixty thousand words of the entire corpus of …

Conversational Implicature In Spoken Discourse : An Analysis Of A Radio Chat Programme, Joyce S. Ariadurray

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study focuses on conversational implicature in the informal spoken discourse of a Malaysian radio chat programme. The study observes that conversation consists of utterances which have literal and non-literal meaning or underlying, intended and implied meaning. The study examines the implied meaning conveyed by the speakers, the inference made by the listeners and the strategies employed. Data is collected by recording sample programmes and the spoken discourse is examined using the Gricean framework, that is, the Cooperative Principle, the four conversational maxims and the violations of the maxims. For each maxim violation, the researcher also identifies and quantifies the …

Tackling The Deficit - It Solutions For Art Appreciation - Needs Study And Provision Project At Primary School Level., Séan Ó Hargáin

Theses

This project looks at the changing environment in terms of the approach to the Visual Arts curriculum at Primary School level. It aims to provide an innovative solution to the art appreciation area, which is being given equal status with the art creation area, which traditionally has been the main focus of the curriculum.

The Project includes a review of the curricular climate, both at home and abroad. In this context it focusses particularly on the role of Information Technology in addressing access problems from those living remote from major population, and therefore major artistic centres.

Primary Research included involved …

Tempat Kembali Damir Ghaib Di Dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim : Satu Kajian Di Dalam Surah Al-An Am, Gurcharan Kaur

Student Works (2000-2009)

Third Person Pronoun and its reference are interrelated. These two items are actually important principles of sentence construction in the Arabic Language. to be a basis of formation of one word with another in order to construct to complete sentence. This research will focus on the measure which is used in order to refer Third Person Pronoun to its reference in the Arabic Language in general and in the al-Qur'an in particular. Besides that, this particular research will analyse some problems related to the references in the Arabic Language. The research will also emphasize the practicality of its usage in …

Perbandingan Arah Perkembangan Bahasa Melayu Di Malaysia Dan Thailand, Hara Shintaro

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research is a comparative study of the Malay language in Malaysia and Thailand from the view point of sociolinguistics, especially focusing on the influence of the major language in each country. This study has three main purposes; i) to compare those factors which influence the development direction of the Malay language in each country; ii) to describe and analyze differences found between the Malay language in those two countries, and iii) to forecast future developmental direction of the Malay language. Chapter 1 outlines the background, purpose, field of study, theoretical frame and me1hod of research. Chapter 2 focuses on …

Learners' Difficulties In Group Work In An Esl Classroom, Aziah Ibrahim

Student Works (2000-2009)

Research on effective approaches to language teaching is an on-going process. This study looks at a learner active classroom where students are encouraged to work as members of a team, sharing a common round table. The Malaysian English Language Syllabus for Secondary Schools recommend the use of group work in the language class. Thus, there is a dire need for teachers to understand the problems and difficulties that learners may face whilst carrying out group activities or task and at the same time, to help these learners overcome such language obstacles in the processes of both teaching and learning the …

The Use Of Malaysian English In Creative Writing By Malaysian Writers, Umavathy Govendan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research is a study of the use of Malaysian English creative writing in Malaysia. Focusing on the extraction and categorization of Malaysian English lexis used by two Malaysian writers, this research set out to study the extent to which these writers use lexical items from the non-native variety in their prose writings. Language purists have often accused non-native varieties as being the result of a failure of approximation. The deviations in these varieties are seen in a negative light and therefore the non-native varieties are considered inferior to Standard British English. If that is the case, the question arises …

Learner-Teacher Perceptions Of Classroom Processes In An English Proficiency Class, Cordelia Mason

Student Works (2000-2009)

The main goals of this study are firstly to find out how the perceptions of students and teachers regarding classroom processes differ or coincide, and secondly to identify affective factors evidenced in an English proficiency class. These goals are supported by the need to find out learners' perceptions of classroom processes so that we better understand the learners and hopefully become more learner centered. The method used to conduct the study is the diary study method where the diary entries made by students and teacher are analysed using the procedures developed by Progoff (Mcdonough & Mcdonough, 1997). Seventeen subjects were …

État Illégitime Et Discourse Cinématographique Au Cameroun, Gilbert Doho

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Cameroonian cinema is a product of a system that France and the local colonialists forged to maintain the imperial cultural hold. In order to cover its repressive nature, the local regime had to build up a cinematographic discourse that would portray its repressive nature and silence a rebellious population.

État De Recherches Et Orientations Nouvelles Du Cinéma Francophone Ouest-Africain: 1980-2000, Suzanne Crosta

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Now is an opportune time to look at the expanse of research that has emerged since 1980 in the field of African film criticism, to trace its parameters, highlight its strengths and identify its current shifts. In examining its present trends, we shall underscore themes and promising features in current African films. Our focus ·will be on French West African films and filmmakers; we will emphasize theoretical and esthetic writings in the field rather than popular media resources. It is a modest contribution to the field of African film studies, one we hope will foster further research into the full …

Article 13(B) Of The Hague Convention Treaty: Does It Create A Loophole For Parental Alienation Syndrome - An Insidious Abduction, Barbara Bevando Sobal, William M. Hilton

The International Lawyer

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Does Law Promise Justice?, Jeremy Waldron

Faculty Articles

"Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies?" The philosophy of law has long been dominated by a disagreement between those who say, with St. Augustine, "that an unjust law is no law at all," and those who respond, with John Austin, that "[t]he existence of law is one thing; its merit or demerit is another." Against the latter camp - that is, against those who insist on a comprehensive separability of law and morality and, accordingly, on the contingency of any connection between positive law and justice-Philip Selznick, an eminent sociologist of law and a former …

¿Corregir O No Los Errores En La Clase De Español Como Lengua Extranjera?, Eva NúÑEz-MéNdez

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

A lo largo de la historia de la enseñanza de las lenguas extranjeras los errores se han considerado desde diferentes perspectivas: algunas veces se han visto como algo totalmente negativo (como fallos que demostraban la incapacidad del estudiante para expresarse correctamente), otras como la única guía indicativa para examinar el proceso del aprendizaje lingüístico. Desde los años setenta con el método contrastivo hasta el contemporáneo método comunicativo el rumbo de la investigación y corrección de los errores ha cambiado en gran medida. Hasta que Pit Corder publicó “The significance of learners’ errors” en 1967 se pensaba que los errores se …

On The Origins Of Linguistic Structure : Three Models Of Regular And Irregular Past Tense Formation, Benjamin J. Sienicki

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Corpus-Based Spanish Activities For The First Year Classroom, Linda C. Bailey

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Lynx: A Morphological Analysis And Translation Of Dorothy Nicodemus' Coeur D'Alene Narrative, Shannon T. Bischoff

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Koniag Artificial Cranial Deformation On Eskimo Population Comparisons, Jamelon Emmick

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Decisionmaking At The End Of Life: Patients With Alzheimer's Or Other Dementias, Leslie P. Francis

Georgia Law Review

Patients with dementia present difficult issues for health-care decisionmaking. This article addresses the moral and legal issues posed by end of life decisionmaking for such patients. In general, the ethical goals of care are to assure that patients' choices are respected and that patients' best interests are protected. These goals may not always recommend the same decisions about care, however, and there is controversy about how they should be balanced when they conflict. In addition, the law may not always further these goals, nor be as helpful as it could be in resolving conflicts between them. In the bioethics literature, …

"Parabola And Parable" In The Zone Of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, Brian D. Zindel

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

A Faint But Interesting Christian Voice From The Dust Of Egypt, John W. Welch

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel (1999), by Charles W. Hedrick and Paul A. Mirecki