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The Translation Of Relative Clauses From Arabic To English And Vice Versa / Shehda R.S. Abuisaac, R.S. Abuisaac Shehda Jan 2016

The Translation Of Relative Clauses From Arabic To English And Vice Versa / Shehda R.S. Abuisaac, R.S. Abuisaac Shehda

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which students at the English department of Al-Aqsa University in Palestine translate relative clauses from Arabic to English and vice versa. The study aims to investigate which Vinay and Darbelnet’s (1995)translation proceduresare used in translating relative clauses from Arabic to English and vice versa. The study also investigates whether students’ translation is geared towards Nida’s (1969) formal or dynamicequivalence when translating relative clauses from Arabic to English and vice versa. Furthermore, the study examinesthe extent to which the students’ translation achieves effectiveness in conveying the meaning in the source …

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Communicative Patterns And Politeness Strategies In ‘Sms Your Views’ Column In A Local English Daily / Shanthi Karappan, Karappan Shanthi Jan 2016

Communicative Patterns And Politeness Strategies In ‘Sms Your Views’ Column In A Local English Daily / Shanthi Karappan, Karappan Shanthi

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This study investigates the linguistics forms, communicative features and language use in ‘SMS Your Views’ column of The Star daily. A collection of 1030 text messages sent by the readers of The Star daily retrieved from the daily’s online portal. Three frameworks were used in this study. The frameworks are by Ling(2005), Thurlow(2003) and Brown and Levinson(1987). Ling’s framework is used to investigate the linguistics forms of the text messages. Thurlow’s communication theme and orientation framework is used to identify the communicative pattern of the messages. Brown and Levinson’s Politeness theory is used to examine the politeness strategy in the …

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An Analysis Of Conjunctive Elements In The Chinese Translation Of Karim Raslan’S Ceritalah 3: Malaysia A Dream Deferred / Siew Hui Sheng, Hui Sheng Siew Jan 2016

An Analysis Of Conjunctive Elements In The Chinese Translation Of Karim Raslan’S Ceritalah 3: Malaysia A Dream Deferred / Siew Hui Sheng, Hui Sheng Siew

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Answering the call for more linguistic-based research on local Chinese newspapers (Shao, 2012), this research is an attempt to identify cohesion shifts with the focus on conjunctions (also known as conjunctive elements in this study) in the Chinese translation of Karim Raslan’s column articles. Raslan is a renowned columnist in Malaysia. This study attempts to identify instances of explicitations/implicitations in argumentative texts. Since conjunctive elements are overt markers which can be counted, the difference in the quantity of conjunctive elements employed in the source texts and target texts can serve as a pointer to the phenomenon of explicitation/implicitation (Blum-Kulka, 1986; …

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A Systemic Linguistic Analysis Of Process Types, Participant Roles And Modality Types In Obama's Speeches On Muslim World Issues / Fatma M .Farhat, M. Farhat Fatma Jan 2016

A Systemic Linguistic Analysis Of Process Types, Participant Roles And Modality Types In Obama's Speeches On Muslim World Issues / Fatma M .Farhat, M. Farhat Fatma

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In the last five years, the political discourse of President Barack Obama has attracted a great number of researchers and students in Linguistics and Social Studies around the world. The discourses through which Obama addressed the issues encountered by the Muslim World which have been central in the political world, still require more investigations and linguistic analysis. The current study is dedicated to investigate the political discourse of President Obama which embodies Islamic world issues, applying the Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as the theoretical framework to study language structure and function. Specifically, the study will apply the SFL theory …

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Listening Comprehension Strategies Used By Efl Postgraduate Students / Wang Song, Song Wang Jan 2016

Listening Comprehension Strategies Used By Efl Postgraduate Students / Wang Song, Song Wang

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Malaysian EFL postgraduate students are facing difficulties in listening to lectures in English. Listening comprehension strategies (cognitive, metacognitive and socio-affective) play a crucial role in academic listening. The current study which employs questionnaire survey and follow-up interviews aims to investigate the use of listening comprehension strategies of first-year EFL master‟s degree students of the higher and lower proficiency groups, in order to shed some light on effective acquisition in L2 listening. A total number of 98 EFL postgraduate students responded to a demographic information questionnaire and a listening comprehension questionnaire with a likert-scale. Based on their TOEFL/IELTS listening scores, they …

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The Discursive Construction Of Hudud In Malaysian Blogs / Tanusha Rathakrishnan, Rathakrishnan Tanusha Jan 2016

The Discursive Construction Of Hudud In Malaysian Blogs / Tanusha Rathakrishnan, Rathakrishnan Tanusha

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This research aims to examine the discursive construction of Hudud in Malaysian blogs in order to analyse how Hudud is represented among Malaysian bloggers; advocates and opponents of Hudud through the adaptation of the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) (Wodak & Reisigl, 2001). While DHA is often used to represent social actors, this study attempts to adapt this approach in examining how Hudud is constructed by Malaysian bloggers; namely the referential, predicational and the argumentative strategies. This study is timely as the issue of implementing Hudud in Malaysia has brought forward much debate by Malaysians as a whole, although the law …

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Writing Strategies Of Chinese Efl Senior High School Students / He Xiao, Xiao He Jan 2016

Writing Strategies Of Chinese Efl Senior High School Students / He Xiao, Xiao He

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It has been stated in a number of studies (Nooreiny & Mazlin, 2013; Roya Khoii, 2011; Tangpermpoon, 2008) that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) students faced difficulties when writing in English. Efficient writing strategies play an important role in enabling students to achieve their English writing success. The purposes of this study are to investigate the writing strategies employed by Chinese EFL senior high school students, identify the difference between proficient and less proficient students on their use of writing strategies in English and explore some possible reasons of using certain writing …

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Kajian Semantik Penggunaan Frasa Nama Bahasa Tamil Berunsurkan Budaya Dalam Blog Thirutamil / Sumadi S.Rajagobal, S.Rajagobal Sumadi Jan 2016

Kajian Semantik Penggunaan Frasa Nama Bahasa Tamil Berunsurkan Budaya Dalam Blog Thirutamil / Sumadi S.Rajagobal, S.Rajagobal Sumadi

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The Use of Phrase in Tamil of Culture on Blog Thirutamil: A Study On Semantics Kajian semantik ini menganalisis penggunaan frasa kata nama Tamil dalam blog Thirutamil: Satu Kajian Semantik. Bab satu membincangkan tentang blog, kebudayaan, semantik, kajian rintis, permasalahan kajian, tujuan kajian, objektif kajian, dan persoalan kajian. Bab dua pula membincangkan kajian-kajian lepas yang dilakukan oleh pengkaji lepas mengikut blog, kebudayaan dan semantik. Selain itu, kerangka teori juga dibincangkan. Pengkaji telah membincangkan kerangka kebudayaan yang diperluaskan oleh Newmark dari segi aspek Ekologi, Budaya Kebendaan, Budaya Sosial, Organisasi Sosial serta Gestur dan kebiasaan. Bab ini juga memaparkan cara analisis yang …

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Padanan Kata Kerja Bahasa Jerman: Satu Analisis Ketepatannya Ke Atas Makna Ayat / Siti Saleha Sanusi, Sanusi Siti Saleha Jan 2016

Padanan Kata Kerja Bahasa Jerman: Satu Analisis Ketepatannya Ke Atas Makna Ayat / Siti Saleha Sanusi, Sanusi Siti Saleha

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Kajian ini dijalankan dengan tujuan untuk melihat ketepatan penggunaan kata kerja bahasa Jerman dalam pembentukan ayat. Dalam kajian ini, empat kategori kata kerja telah dipilih untuk dianalisis iaitu Kata Kerja Nalar, Kata Kerja Tidak Nalar, Kata Kerja Terpisah dan Kata Kerja Tidak Terpisah. Kesemua kata kerja yang dipilih merupakan kata yang diberi penekanan khusus dalam pembelajaran bahasa Jerman. Tumpuan kajian ialah untuk melihat ciri-ciri kesinoniman antara kata kerja yang digunakan responden dengan padanan kata kerja yang sepatutnya serta meninjau implikasi ketidatepatan padanan kata kerja tersebut ke atas pembentukan makna ayat. Untuk memenuhi objektif di atas, pengkaji telah membuat satu analisis …

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An Acoustic Study Of Nigerian English Vowels Produced By Hausa Speakers / Maryam Ibrahim Ata, Ibrahim Ata Maryam Jan 2016

An Acoustic Study Of Nigerian English Vowels Produced By Hausa Speakers / Maryam Ibrahim Ata, Ibrahim Ata Maryam

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This study aims at examining the Hausa speakers‘ production of English monophthong vowels from the acoustic point of view. The study focuses on native Hausa speakers of Northern Nigeria. Hausa language has 10 monophthong vowels, while English has 14 monophthong vowels; this shows clearly that there may be a disparity between English and Hausa in terms of vowels and sounds inventory. There are perceived differences between how the native speakers of English produce some of their monophthong vowels and how the Hausa speakers produce those same monophthongs. These differences may be because of vowel quality, duration, rhythm and accent of …

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Impact Of Social Networking Sites On Academic Writing Among Chinese Postgraduates / Ma Jing Wei, Jing Wei Ma Jan 2016

Impact Of Social Networking Sites On Academic Writing Among Chinese Postgraduates / Ma Jing Wei, Jing Wei Ma

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The development and proliferation of web 2.0 technologies as well as Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have expanded tremendously now that Social Networking is part of everyone‘s life. With the expansion of SNSs, scholars assume that this new platform plays an important role in academic writing. On the other hand, many Chinese EFL learners over a decade failed to improve their English academic writing due to the ineffective classroom teacher centred models (Rao and Chan, 2010). The aims of this study are to investigate the relationship between frequency of Chinese postgraduates using SNSs and English academic writing in terms of lexical …

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Penggunaan Unsur Warna Dalam Simpulan Bahasa Cina / Tay Chin Huey, Chin Huey Tay Jan 2016

Penggunaan Unsur Warna Dalam Simpulan Bahasa Cina / Tay Chin Huey, Chin Huey Tay

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji perubahan makna unsur warna yang terkandung dalam simpulan bahasa Cina. Tumpuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti kekerapan penggunaan sesuatu warna dalam simpulan Bahasa Cina dan perubahan makna mengikut setiap unsur warna yang dikaji. Aspek kajian dilanjutkan dengan pengkategorian simpulan bahasa Cina yang berunsur warna ke dalam beberapa kategori budaya Cina. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa warna putih merupakan warna yang mempunyai kekerapan penggunaan yang paling tinggi diikuti oleh warna emas, kuning, hijau dan merah. Warna-warna dalam simpulan bahasa Cina adalah kata adjektif yang menyifatkan perkataan sebelahnya. Kebanyakan unsur warna yang terkandung dalam simpulan bahasa Cina mengalami …

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A Reflexive Study Of The Continuous Practice Improvement Of A Global Professional / Michael M Dent, M Dent Michael Jan 2016

A Reflexive Study Of The Continuous Practice Improvement Of A Global Professional / Michael M Dent, M Dent Michael

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This thesis examines the career of a global professional as he moves across three continents whilst working for a large multi-national organisation. It describes the circle of Academe to Corporate and back to Academe. It builds the narrative from that of a student, to a practitioner, on to a learner and finally to that of a reflexive practitioner. The target audience for this thesis is both Academics and Practitioners. The single case study approach permits observations that can be utilised as building blocks in a theory of organisations and the individuals that work within them. This complex interaction of large …

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Development Of Sustainable Manufacturing Decision Making Models For Small And Medium Enterprises / Sujit Singh, Singh Sujit Jan 2016

Development Of Sustainable Manufacturing Decision Making Models For Small And Medium Enterprises / Sujit Singh, Singh Sujit

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Sustainable manufacturing aims to manage the operations in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Several organizations have already incorporated the concept of sustainable manufacturing. However, many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that account for approximately 90% of all enterprises are not yet embraced this opportunity. Therefore, it is important to develop the sustainable manufacturing decision making models that suited to the characteristics of manufacturing SMEs. In order to achieve that, this study aims to identify key sustainable manufacturing performance measures & metrics and develop the sustainability evaluation and strategy selection models. This study includes an empirical study to identify the …

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Analisis Penggunaan Imbuhan Kata Kerja Dalam Penulisan Murid Pekak / Nor Hidayah Md Khanapiah, Md Khanapiah Nor Hidayah Jan 2016

Analisis Penggunaan Imbuhan Kata Kerja Dalam Penulisan Murid Pekak / Nor Hidayah Md Khanapiah, Md Khanapiah Nor Hidayah

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Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan mengkaji penguasaan imbuhan kata kerja bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa kedua dalam kalangan murid pekak. Data dianalisis mengikut gabungan teori Analisis Kesilapan dan teori Monitor. Subjek kajian dipilih secara sampel bertujuan (purposive sampling), iaitu melibatkan 26 orang murid pekak Tahun 6 dari Sekolah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas dan kemudiannya dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan berdasarkan darjah kepekakan antara 70dB hingga 90dB (70dB – 90dB) dan 90dB dan ke atas (90dB dan ke atas). Kedua kumpulan murid pekak diberi ujian kata kerja dalam bahasa Malaysia sebanyak dua kali, iaitu ujian pertama (ujian pra) dan ujian kedua (ujian pasca). Sebelum diuji …

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Hotel And Lodging Advertisements From Malaysian Group Buying Websites: A Genre-Based Approach / Mohd Safarizan Mohd Safian, Mohd Safian Mohd Safarizan Jan 2016

Hotel And Lodging Advertisements From Malaysian Group Buying Websites: A Genre-Based Approach / Mohd Safarizan Mohd Safian, Mohd Safian Mohd Safarizan

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The growth of internet advertising in Malaysia is one of the reasons Malaysians are shifting from face-to-face transaction to online buying. Online advertisers need to promote new, interesting methods to attract customers. One of the methods includes the usage of group buying sites, which provides great deals and offers through online-coupons. Because of this, it would be interesting to see how these group buying sites communicate and persuade readers to read and use their services. This study looks into three main aspects which are the move structure, links on the online advertisements and common linguistic features. The main purpose of …

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The Translation Of Metaphors In Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry / Randah Kullab, Kullab Randah Jan 2016

The Translation Of Metaphors In Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry / Randah Kullab, Kullab Randah

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The present research studies the translation of metaphor from Arabic into English in the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish. The source text is collected from different collections written by Darwish such as (Birds without wings, Leaves of the olive tree...etc.) gathered in one book titled as The Collection of Mahmoud Darwish by Mohammad Dakroob (1971). On the other hand, the target text is collected from Selected poems: Mahmoud Darwish translated by Ian Wedde and Fawwaz Tuqan (1973). This study aims to identify how metaphors are translated in Darwish's poetry and aims to investigate the sustainability of the SL metaphor meaning in …

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Pembinaan Ayat Bahasa Jerman Dalam Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu Di Uitm Shah Alam / Haslina Daud, Daud Haslina Jan 2016

Pembinaan Ayat Bahasa Jerman Dalam Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu Di Uitm Shah Alam / Haslina Daud, Daud Haslina

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Kajian ini merupakan suatu analisis dalam pembinaan ayat bahasa Jerman (BJ) dalam kalangan pelajar-pelajar Melayu di UiTM Shah Alam. Objektif kajian adalah untuk mengenal pasti corak susunan ayat-ayat BJ oleh pelajar-pelajar Melayu dan mengenal pasti struktur ayat manakah dalam BJ yang banyak menimbulkan masalah kepada pelajar. Responden kajian terdiri daripada 30 pelajar BJ di tahap III (tahap akhir) daripada dua fakulti iaitu Fakulti Senilukis dan Senireka (FSSR) dan Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia (FKK). 15 responden adalah daripada FSSR dan selebihnya 15 responden lagi adalah dari FKK. Pelajar perempuan adalah seramai 13 orang dan pelajar lelaki pula adalah seramai 17 orang. Sebanyak …

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Analisis Balaghah Terhadap Ayat Ruqyah Darussyifa’ / Mohd Khairul Akhbar Jahiruddin, Jahiruddin Mohd Khairul Akhbar Jan 2016

Analisis Balaghah Terhadap Ayat Ruqyah Darussyifa’ / Mohd Khairul Akhbar Jahiruddin, Jahiruddin Mohd Khairul Akhbar

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This study analyzed the Islamic medical treatment or ruqyah syar'iyyah in terms of balaghah Arabic and its types practiced in the Islamic Medical Centre Darussifa. Ruqyah components studied only focused on the 14 Hadith sourced ruqyah and prayer ma'thur, not from the Koran al-Karim. All data was collected from textbooks syllabus used in Darussifa. Ruqyah verses were analyzed based on knowledge which is the Ma‘ani. The study found that there is a unique feature behind balaghah style used in the ruqyah verses and objectives based on the types of diseases and the problem being treated. The study found some kind …

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Language Shift And Maintenance Among The Telugu Community In The Klang Valley / Kathreine Deva Babu, Deva Babu Kathreine Jan 2016

Language Shift And Maintenance Among The Telugu Community In The Klang Valley / Kathreine Deva Babu, Deva Babu Kathreine

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The Telugu language is an Indian language commonly spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam. It is listed as the 15th the largest language in the world and known as the third most widely spoken language after Hindi and Bengali in India. Despite having a substantial number of speakers worldwide, in Malaysia the Telugu community who speaks this language is a sub-minority group of Indians which comprises only about 2.4 % of the total Indian population. The purpose of this study is to find out if the Telugu community in Klang Valley is still maintaining or …

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Negotiation Of Meaning In L2 Vocabulary Acquisition In Synchronous Computer-Mediated And Face-To-Face Contexts / Cheah Kah Mun, Kah Mun Cheah Jan 2016

Negotiation Of Meaning In L2 Vocabulary Acquisition In Synchronous Computer-Mediated And Face-To-Face Contexts / Cheah Kah Mun, Kah Mun Cheah

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Learning the vocabulary of a language is one of the essential components of learning of a second language (L2). In a language classroom, time factor prompts most of the teachers to conduct explicit vocabulary teaching which requires the learners to memorise a large amount of vocabulary (Alemi, Sarab & Lari, 2012). But, according to Cervatiuc (2008), although the students try to recite the new vocabulary repeatedly, it is impossible to memorise a large amount of vocabulary. Thus, the negotiation of meaning is recognised as a good alternative method in learning vocabulary (Smith, 2003; Varonis and Gass, 1985). The mixed-method design …

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Conceptualising Modesty In A Muslimah Magazine: A Multimodal Perspective / Syaheerah Roslee, Roslee Syaheerah Jan 2016

Conceptualising Modesty In A Muslimah Magazine: A Multimodal Perspective / Syaheerah Roslee, Roslee Syaheerah

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This study attempts to firstly examine the textual representations of the concept of modesty in the articles of three sections in Eve magazine – Empowering Mindset, Muslim Women In Sports, and Exclusive Interview. Secondly, it examines the visual representations of the same concept. Lastly, it investigates the conceptualisationof modesty based on the representations mentioned previously. To fulfil the aims of this study, several strategies were adopted to examine the data. Textual wise, the representations were selected and analysed based on the reference to the verses in the Holy Quran with regards to the concept of modesty which is realised in …

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A Study Of English Borrowing In Patani-Malay / Noorhayatee Benjasmith, Benjasmith Noorhayatee Jan 2016

A Study Of English Borrowing In Patani-Malay / Noorhayatee Benjasmith, Benjasmith Noorhayatee

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This dissertation is a study of language borrowing process of English in Patani-Malay. The objectives of this study are to examine the phonological, morphological, and semantic changes of English lexical items used in Patani-Malay in order to identify their types of borrowing; as well as to sort and allocate these English lexical items into their respective semantic fields. The corpus of English lexical items used in this study was collected from various Patani-Malay printed media written in Jawi, Roman, and Thai scripts. They were analysed based on the works of Haugen (1950), Heah (1989), and Haspelmath & Tadmor (2009). The …

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The Use Of Passive Structures In Esl Narrative Compositions Among Malay Students / Junisah Mohd Fadzli Kalimuttu, Mohd Fadzli Kalimuttu Junisah Jan 2016

The Use Of Passive Structures In Esl Narrative Compositions Among Malay Students / Junisah Mohd Fadzli Kalimuttu, Mohd Fadzli Kalimuttu Junisah

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Narrative compositions provide essential information regarding writers‟ linguistic competence. This study was conducted to explore the use of passive structures in English as a Second Language (ESL) narrative compositions, and specifically, to describe the passive voice structured by Malay students and the effect of their mother tongue (the Malay language) in constructing the passive structures in English. The study combined both the quantitative and qualitative methods, using the Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) by Joan Bresnan as the theoretical framework of the study because it involves both the constituent (c-structure) and the functional structure (f-structure) in sentence analysis. Therefore, a better …

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The Translation Of Cultural Elements In Wei Cheng From Chinese Into English / Gao Jiao, Jiao Gao Jan 2016

The Translation Of Cultural Elements In Wei Cheng From Chinese Into English / Gao Jiao, Jiao Gao

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In the context of ESL learning, translation has been playing a significant role as being either a means or an end of ESL learning. From the perspective of ESL learners, cultural transmission from L1 to L2 is integral to their communicative proficiency and cultural competence in language learning process. This research, therefore, is aimed at studying the translation of cultural elements in an outstanding Chinese novel as a learning implication to Chinese learners of English as a second language. To conduct the research, the cultural elements are searched and identified manually in the source text Wei Cheng and its English …

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Spoken Communication Needs Analysis For Information Desk Personnel / Suchatra Singaran, Singaran Suchatra Jan 2016

Spoken Communication Needs Analysis For Information Desk Personnel / Suchatra Singaran, Singaran Suchatra

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English is considered as the medium of communication in different social and professional contexts. It is important to have the ability to communicate using the language in order to be successful in the job field. In the customer service industry which is a part of the business world, employees especially Information Desk Personnel are expected to have good communication skills as well as the ability to use the language to perform their duties as required. The purpose of this study is to examine the spoken English Language needs and challenges faced by Information Desk Personnel working in shopping malls in …

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The Effects Of Planning Conditions On Chinese Primary School Esl Pupils’ Narrative Writing / Ma Fei Fan, Fei Fan Ma Jan 2016

The Effects Of Planning Conditions On Chinese Primary School Esl Pupils’ Narrative Writing / Ma Fei Fan, Fei Fan Ma

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The present study investigates how 78 pupils from a Chinese primary school in the state of Selangor performed differently in their second language writing under different planning conditions in terms of the language complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF). Besides, the study also aims to examine the pupils’ perceptions of their own performance under different planning conditions and how these perceptions are related to their performance. Drawing from Kellogg’s (1996) model as the theoretical framework, this study also seeks to describe how pupils perform their narrative writing task mentally. The pupils were divided into three planning condition groups:1) pre-task planning, 2) …

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Feature Extraction From Natural Language To Aid Requirements Reuse In Software Product Lines Engineering / Noor Hasrina Bakar, Bakar Noor Hasrina Jan 2016

Feature Extraction From Natural Language To Aid Requirements Reuse In Software Product Lines Engineering / Noor Hasrina Bakar, Bakar Noor Hasrina

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Product Lines Engineering (SPLE) is a systematic approach towards realising software reuse. Among important software assets to be reused includes architectural documents, test cases, source codes and also requirements. Requirements Reuse (RR) in SPLE is the process of systematically reusing previously defined requirements for an earlier software product and applying them to a new, slightly different product within similar domain. SRS documents are not easily accessible, therefore many researchers in this area opted to use other forms of requirements including product brochures, user manuals and software reviews when SRS is not available. Unfortunately, to extract reusable features from natural language …

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Pemindahan Negatif Dalam Karangan Bahasa Sepanyol Oleh Pelajar Melayu / Fatina Abu Bakar, Abu Bakar Fatina Jan 2016

Pemindahan Negatif Dalam Karangan Bahasa Sepanyol Oleh Pelajar Melayu / Fatina Abu Bakar, Abu Bakar Fatina

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The research explores the negative transfer phenomenon from the Malay Language and the English Language in the writing of Malay students who are learning the Spanish Language. The focus of the research is to identify the differences in the negative transfer between Malay and English Language. The research employs mixed method approach where the researcher will use basic statistics to calculate the frequency of negative transfer and will provide the descriptive explanation of the negative transfer. The primary data comprises of 30 essays of Malay students who are learning Spanish Language level 1. The mistakes of the students in the …

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Request And Response Strategies In Instant Messaging / Petani Mohd Noor, Mohd Noor Petani Jan 2016

Request And Response Strategies In Instant Messaging / Petani Mohd Noor, Mohd Noor Petani

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This study aimed to investigate two major issues: the request and response strategies towards requests for material and non-material wants demonstrated by a group of 32 Malay male speakers who resided in Japan. The data which were in Malay language and instant messaging (IM) were analyzed by using two different frameworks; (1) Fukushima’s framework (1996) was used to determine request strategies; and (2) Garcia’s framework (1993) was used to determine responses towards requests. Although Malays value indirectness in speaking as to save face of others and to maintain good relationships (Asma Abdullah, 1996), this research recorded different findings. The subjects …

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