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Students' English Language Performance In A Multicultural Classroom Setting / Raimei Christina A/P Michael, Raimei Christina Michael Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

Identity Construction And Code Switching In English Newspaper Advertisements / Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John, Deborah Ashabai S. Fredericks John

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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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

Interference In Learning English : Analysis Of Verb Tense Errors Among Malay Esl Learners / Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam, Rubini Devi Suppiramaniam

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No abstract provided.


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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 Jan 2012

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 …


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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No abstract provided.


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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No abstract provided.


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 …