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Professional And Continuing Education In Hong Kong: An Analysis Of The Characteristics And Job Satisfaction Of Part-Time Teachers Of English Language Courses, Joe Wai-Kin Ching Jan 2000

Professional And Continuing Education In Hong Kong: An Analysis Of The Characteristics And Job Satisfaction Of Part-Time Teachers Of English Language Courses, Joe Wai-Kin Ching

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

In order to have a better understanding or the Professional and Continuing Education in Hong Kong, the purpose of this research is to assess the job satisfaction or part-time English language teachers with respect to their work, pay, opportunities for promotion, supervision, and colleagues. The PCE departments in a total of six institutions with diversified characteristics, namely, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Chinese University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education were involved in the present study. The first part is a quantitative study adopting a cross-sectional …

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What Does A Child's Story Tell You?, Tamara Anne Bromley Jan 2000

What Does A Child's Story Tell You?, Tamara Anne Bromley

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The stories that students tell in the classroom have the potential to be an invaluable resource for teachers. Through a focus on the language used, these stories can provide teachers with information about their students' sociocultural backgrounds and therefore, the knowledge that students bring to the context of the classroom. In today's diverse classrooms, teachers need to discover this information about their students to enhance the planning process for students' learning. The stories that students tell provide teachers with one avenue by which they can begin to meet the requirements of the Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten to Year 12 Education …

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Influence Of Home And School Environments On The Academic Performance Of Chinese-Australian And Anglo-Australian Students Studying At An Academically-Oriented High School In Perth, Western Australia, Ranbir Singh Malik Jan 2000

Influence Of Home And School Environments On The Academic Performance Of Chinese-Australian And Anglo-Australian Students Studying At An Academically-Oriented High School In Perth, Western Australia, Ranbir Singh Malik

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Although minority status has been associated with low academic achievement, the “high Asian achieving syndrome" remains as one of the unresolved sociological puzzles. Consistent evidence suggests that regardless of the family status, children from the Asian migrant families, settled in the industrialised countries, tend to perform academically better than their counterparts from the dominant group. This disparity is attributed to a number of factors, which taken separately, do not address this complex issue. In Australia little research has been done to compare the home environment and school experiences of children coming from Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian families even though the number …

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Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences, Steven J. Florisson Jan 2000

Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences, Steven J. Florisson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Over the past decade there have been dramatic and unprecedented changes in post compulsory education, with an increase of over 40% for year 12 retention rates to 76.6% in 1992 and huge expansion of year 11 and 12 vocational education and training programs. However, for Aboriginal past compulsory age students, the picture is very different. In 1993 the year 12 Aboriginal retention rate was only 24.48% or 982 students (Australia wide), and by 1996 only 10% of the indigenous 15 and older population had any post school qualification, compared to 35% of the total population. Only 34% of West Australian …

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The Framing Of Truancy : A Study Of Non-Attendance Policy As A Form Of Social Exclusion Within Western Australia, Jan Gray Jan 2000

The Framing Of Truancy : A Study Of Non-Attendance Policy As A Form Of Social Exclusion Within Western Australia, Jan Gray

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Truancy is a product of socially constructed knowledge. The final product of this knowledge provides insight into the defining features of current societal beliefs, values and fears, becoming a powerful framing influence for definitions of acceptable patterns of school attendance and behaviour. In this sense, the perceived incidence of truancy within a community has far more impact on the creation and enactment of public policy associated with young people who do not regularly attend school than the incidence itself. This does not deny the incidence of truancy, nor the empirical data indicating correlates of truancy, illiteracy, crime, poverty and unemployment. …

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Drama Praxis : Rural Arts Workers And Lifelong Learning : A Phenomenological Study, Susan E. Gibson Jan 2000

Drama Praxis : Rural Arts Workers And Lifelong Learning : A Phenomenological Study, Susan E. Gibson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the experiences of a specific group of arts workers in an isolated rural community in the South West of Western Australia. These participants have all worked in the community as arts workers for an extended period of time. Through phenomenological research, the telling of these workers stories, it is anticipated that the research will highlight, strengthen and enrich the political and economic positions of these workers. The study is based on the assumptions and pre-conceptions that geographical and cultural isolation contributes to significant problems and situations such as communication that …

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Assessing Moral Reasoning Development Through Values Education Within A Western Australian Independent School, Kelvin Fairclough Jan 2000

Assessing Moral Reasoning Development Through Values Education Within A Western Australian Independent School, Kelvin Fairclough

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The relationship between Values Education and corresponding moral reasoning development has been explored within a group of forty-six year eight students (twelve and thirteen years old). Participants were tested with a Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure instrument to index their moral reasoning stage development (reported as a Moral Maturity Score). Randomly dividing the group into two equal proportions they were assigned to an Experimental or Control group. The Experimental group was presented with Values Education through exposure to age relevant moral dilemmas which envelope a societal value drawn from the Core Shared Values (Curriculum Council of Western Australia, 1998). Within each …

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Conceptions Of Learning Identified By Indigenous Students Entering A University Preparation Course, Alison M. Bunker Jan 2000

Conceptions Of Learning Identified By Indigenous Students Entering A University Preparation Course, Alison M. Bunker

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The increase in Indigenous participation in university courses in recent years has not been matched by an increase in graduation. In the mainstream university population, student success has been linked to approaches to learning, which are linked to conceptions of learning. This study investigates what conceptions of learning Indigenous students identify at the beginning of their university career. Thirty six students completed a 'Reflections on Learning Inventory' developed by Meyer (1995). Nine of these students were interviewed in depth about what they thought learning was and how they would go about it. The interview analysis for each of the nine …

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The Professional Development Of Beginning Teachers Of Primary Mathematics, Robert Leonard Sparrow Jan 2000

The Professional Development Of Beginning Teachers Of Primary Mathematics, Robert Leonard Sparrow

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Recent documents have recommended a style of teaching for primary classrooms that favours a constructivist viewpoint of learning. The actuality of mathematics classrooms is different from this vision. Newly trained teachers while exposed to, and expounding, a constructivist philosophy are, in many cases, implementing a more traditional, teacher-centred approach to classroom practice. The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate factors which influence the pedagogical practices and beliefs of beginning teachers of mathematics in primary classrooms and secondly to evaluate a professional development support model for beginning primary mathematics teachers. A model for professional development and support of beginning …

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Violence In Schools: Expanding The Dialogue, Stephanie Urso Spina Jan 2000

Violence In Schools: Expanding The Dialogue, Stephanie Urso Spina

Publications and Research

Introductory chapter to Smoke and Mirrors: The Hidden Context of Violence in Schools and Society, edited by Stephanie Urso Spina, Ph.D., published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2000 and is, unfortunately, still timely today.

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Teachers As Language Learners: A Study Of The Relationship Between Their Beliefs About Language Learning And Their Learning Strategy Use, Rita Tognini Jan 2000

Teachers As Language Learners: A Study Of The Relationship Between Their Beliefs About Language Learning And Their Learning Strategy Use, Rita Tognini

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Abstract not available

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Physical And Sport Education In Australia: Organisation, Placement And Related Issues, Andrew Taggart, Stephen Goodwin Jan 2000

Physical And Sport Education In Australia: Organisation, Placement And Related Issues, Andrew Taggart, Stephen Goodwin

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This paper provides a review of how physical and sport education in Australian schools is organised and administered. The roles and responsibilities of education and sport personnel are outlined. Issues of equity are addressed as is the extent of student participation. Implementation of physical and sport education programs, the links between PE and sport and teacher involvement are also discussed. The context of the new millennium and the place of government schools in Australia provides a backdrop for the interpretation of the review. The review assumes an advocacy orientation, and so presents a position paper that reacts to the macropolitical …

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Kebolehan Metakognitif Di Kalangan Pelajar Tingkatan Empat Dalam Penulisan Karangan, Julia Mustafa Jan 2000

Kebolehan Metakognitif Di Kalangan Pelajar Tingkatan Empat Dalam Penulisan Karangan, Julia Mustafa

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research aimed at finding out student s' metacognitive competence in writing or metawriting. Addition to that, it investigate the level of subcomponents of metacognition in writing; the knowledge in metawriting and its subcategories such as metawriting knowledge of person, writing tasks and writing strategy. 13es ides that, this research aimed to find out the level of competence of students in the second metacognition component; the student s' level of competence in monitoring and self- regulating in writing composition s. This study look at the correlation between the level of metacognition component and students performance in writing composition. The correlation …

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Kemahiran Berfikir Secara Kritis Dalam Pengajaran Sejarah : Perspektif Murid Tingkatan Empat Di Teluk Intan, Khairi Ariffin Jan 2000

Kemahiran Berfikir Secara Kritis Dalam Pengajaran Sejarah : Perspektif Murid Tingkatan Empat Di Teluk Intan, Khairi Ariffin

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research aimed at finding out form four students in Teluk Intan perspective towards the teaching of History in schools. The researcher focused on the aspect of the teachers' teaching styles, elements that were emphasized in the history teachers' teaching and their approaches in encouraging and developing critical thinking skills among students. Another three aspects analyzed were the teachers' emphasis on Bloom Taxonomy levels, the methods and approaches practised by the History teachers and the types of question emphasized in the teaching of History. Another purpose of this research is to find out whether students' achievements in the History subject …

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Perspektif Baru Dalam Kemahiran Mengarang : Satu Kajian Kes, Mohd Azam Ahmad Jan 2000

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 …

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Pengaruh Bahasa Dalam Pencapaian Matematik Di Sebuah Sekolah Persendirian Cina, Sook Theng Pang Jan 2000

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 …

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Pengaruh Rakan Sebaya, Sekolah Dan Keluarga Dalam Masalah Disiplin Pelajar India : Satu Kajian Kes, Ramanathan Nagarathinam Jan 2000

Pengaruh Rakan Sebaya, Sekolah Dan Keluarga Dalam Masalah Disiplin Pelajar India : Satu Kajian Kes, Ramanathan Nagarathinam

Student Works (2000-2009)

This is a case study carried out on three secondary school students studying in form four. Its aim is to see the influence of peer group, school and family with regard to Indian Students' indiscipline. Data was obtained by semi-structured interviewing with the said participants, teachers and parents. Additional information was obtained by referring to the Student's Attendance Register, exercise books and examination results of the students. The findings are as follows: 1. Peer group influence plays an important part in bringing about disciplinary problems among students. Secondary school students prefer to waste their free time with their peer group …

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Penggunaan Komputer Dalam Proses Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Sejarah Tingkatan Satu Di Beberapa Buah Sekolah Menengah Lembah Kelang, Vasantha Vethembram Jan 2000

Penggunaan Komputer Dalam Proses Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Sejarah Tingkatan Satu Di Beberapa Buah Sekolah Menengah Lembah Kelang, Vasantha Vethembram

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study is to analyse the use of Computer in the teaching and learning process of History to students of Form One in some Secondary schools in the Klang Valley. The sample population of this study includes 60 students and 5 teachers from three schools that are Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Vivekananda, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan San Peng and Sekolah Menengah Victoria. This study was carried out using the 'survey' technique. Data obtained from this study were analysed using the SPS version 9. 0 program. The statistical analyses used are frequencies and percentages. Chi - squared test was used …

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Masalah Pelajar Di Sebuah Sekolah Swasta Di Subang Jaya, Kamala Devi Shanmuganathan Jan 2000

Masalah Pelajar Di Sebuah Sekolah Swasta Di Subang Jaya, Kamala Devi Shanmuganathan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research was carried out in Sekolah Menengah Sri Kuala Lumpur, a private school  in Subang Jaya. The purpose of this research was to identify the problems faced by students of this school . It sought to determine whether there was a significant difference  in the problems faced by male students and female students of this school. It also tried to  determine whether there was a significant difference in the problems faced by form five  students as opposed to form three students of this school. A total of 120 students were randomly chosen as the respondents of this study. The …

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Mata Pelajaran Kesusasteraan Melayu (922) Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (Stpm) 1992-1997 : Satu Penilaian, Mohd. Fauzi Mohd. Kassim Jan 2000

Mata Pelajaran Kesusasteraan Melayu (922) Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (Stpm) 1992-1997 : Satu Penilaian, Mohd. Fauzi Mohd. Kassim

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study aims to look at trends and evaluate the Malay Literature subject (922) Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia(STPM) from the years 1992-1997. This evaluation is made based on reports from Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia(MPM), feedback and results from questionnaires given to teachers and students, opinions of lecturers, candidates' performance reports, analysis of the Malay Literature syllabus (922) and Malay Literature examination results released by MPM. A statistical analysis of candidates' performance from the years 1992-1997 on this subject is presented together with a summary of the findings for the same period. The reports released by MPM are evaluated together with the …

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Analisis Kesalahan Dalam Karangan Pelajar Tingkatan 3 Sek. Men. Keb. Sungai Besar, Mohd. Yunus Kamsan Jan 2000

Analisis Kesalahan Dalam Karangan Pelajar Tingkatan 3 Sek. Men. Keb. Sungai Besar, Mohd. Yunus Kamsan

Student Works (2000-2009)

A research was done on 99 essays written by Form 3 students of Sek. Men. Keb. Sungai Besar. The aims of the research firstly was to identify the kinds of morphological, syntactical and spelling mistakes committed by the Form 3 students while composing. Secondly to observe the difference in the amount of morphological syntactical and spelling errors committed between Malay students and non-Malay students.

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Peer Assessment Of A Mathematics Group Project Of A Pre-University Programme, Oi Chin Wong Jan 2000

Peer Assessment Of A Mathematics Group Project Of A Pre-University Programme, Oi Chin Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This is an exploratory study of peer-assessment on a Mathematics group-project by a group of Pre-University students focusing on a method to assess the individual contribution within a group. The study investigates whether there is a way to discriminate between the contribution of individual student within a group project and to determine whether it is appropriate to make process assessment of the group projects as a part of the peer assessment. It also attempts to find an alternative method 10 reward individual effort in a group-project. The subjects of this study consist of four groups of Pre-University students. Each group …

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Works Stress Experienced By Administrators In Petaling Jaya Secondary Schools, Rema Ragavan Jan 2000

Works Stress Experienced By Administrators In Petaling Jaya Secondary Schools, Rema Ragavan

Student Works (2000-2009)

The main purpose of the study was to determine the work stress levels of secondary school administrators in Petaling Jaya. The study also aimed to identify the ten major stressors of these administrators. Lastly, the study attempted to determine the relationship between different groups of administrators and their level of work stress. The sample of the study comprised 50 secondary school administrators - 27 principals and 23 assistant administrators (Assistant Principals and Afternoon Supervisors) - from the (urban) district of Petaling Jaya in the state of Selangor. The survey method was employed and a two-part questionnaire was used to collect …

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Kesan Latihan Kemahiran Sosial Terhadap Kendiri Pelajar Akademik : Satu Kajian Kualitatif, Nor Rul Azlifah Zulkafali Jan 2000

Kesan Latihan Kemahiran Sosial Terhadap Kendiri Pelajar Akademik : Satu Kajian Kualitatif, Nor Rul Azlifah Zulkafali

Student Works (2000-2009)

This set of pre-test and post-test experimental design was aimed to examine the effect of basic social training skills on the behaviour, academic and self-concept among students. This would include live dimensional aspects such as family-self, personal-self: physical-sell: social-self and ethical moral-self. The research was carried out at one of the Government Secondary School in Kuala Lumpur. Ten form tree students were chosen as subjects on their low achievement in the middle of the Year Examination. Using the Group Counselling Method, subjects were assigned to undergo basic social training skills which was molded to the designed module. Due to the …

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Writing With A Different Tool : A Case Study Of The Influence Of The Word Processor On Writing Process And Product Teaching Of English As Second Language, Say Tin Ooi Jan 2000

Writing With A Different Tool : A Case Study Of The Influence Of The Word Processor On Writing Process And Product Teaching Of English As Second Language, Say Tin Ooi

Student Works (2000-2009)

This case study sought to investigate whether the word processor had any discernible influence on the writing behaviour of one secondary school student and whether the use of the word processor had any effects on the quality of essays written. The subject wrote six argumentative essays, alternating between the conventional pen-and-paper and the word processor. Techniques of data collection included direct observations of the subject's writing behaviour and semi-structured interviews held immediately after each writing session. Her pen-and-paper writing behaviour and her computer-writing behaviour were coded, analysed and then compared for differences. Essays written with the pen-and-paper and the word …

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Pembangunan Dan Penilaian Formatif Perisian Kursus (Courseware) Bagi Matapelajaran Aplikasi Komputer Di Kolej Islam Darul Ehsan (Kisdar), Noor Azli Mohamed Jan 2000

Pembangunan Dan Penilaian Formatif Perisian Kursus (Courseware) Bagi Matapelajaran Aplikasi Komputer Di Kolej Islam Darul Ehsan (Kisdar), Noor Azli Mohamed

Student Works (2000-2009)

"How Computer Execute Instruction" is a topic in the syllabus of Computer Application subject for trainee teacher in Darul Ehsan Islamic College. Previously this subject was taught using only the whiteboard and sometimes diagrams are used. But it is difficult to employ this method as this is an abstract topic. Therefore computer aided learning courseware was designed to aid students in studying this topic. The development process went through several stages such as analysis, design, development and evaluation. This paper will therefore focus on the formative evaluation phase of the development of the courseware. The outcome of the formative evaluation …

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A Comparative Study Of Socioemotional Behaviours Of Children In Two Preschool Programmes, Wai Eng Ding Jan 2000

A Comparative Study Of Socioemotional Behaviours Of Children In Two Preschool Programmes, Wai Eng Ding

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study is to examine the socioemotional behaviors of 45 five-year- old children in a child-initiated learning programme and 30 six-year-old children in a teacher-directed instruction programme based upon the Preschool and Kindergarten  Behavior Scale (Merrell, 1994). The findings of the study have shown that children in the Montessori/thematic play program have significantly lower social skills but significantly higher problem behaviors, compares to children in the teacher-directed  instruction programme. The findings also indicate that there are no gender differences for the whole sample and by programmes on the social skills and problem behaviors of the children. However, …

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A Comparative Study Of Reading Habits And Interest Of Teenagers In An Urban And Rural School, Subashini K. Rajanthran Jan 2000

A Comparative Study Of Reading Habits And Interest Of Teenagers In An Urban And Rural School, Subashini K. Rajanthran

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study was carried out between two schools and the data collected was used to identify the problem areas in reading habits and interest among school going teenagers. This study was done on a comparative basis between an urban school, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and a rural school , located in Johor. This study was planned with the objectives of gathering data from both schools in order to identify problem areas and promote reading among Malaysian teenagers. The data indicated that the majority of urban students have acquired a habit and interest in reading. On the other …

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A Study Of Learners' Perception Of An Effective Business Negotiation, Zarina Othman Jan 2000

A Study Of Learners' Perception Of An Effective Business Negotiation, Zarina Othman

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study examines learners' perception of an effective business negotiation. It focuses on Business English learners at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia . The study was conducted due to the general concern amongst ESP instructors at the Language Faculty regarding the effectiveness of learners' performance in the negotiation task. Many instructors have raised the question of whether learners have actually understood and learnt about business negotiations through the simulated task in the classroom and whether they could actually perform effectively in the real world business negotiations. In search of the answers, the study adopted the effective strategies in negotiations by Cotton & …

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A Study Of Problems In Reading English Texts Among The Esl Trainee Teachers, Jayanthi Mala V. Marimuthu Jan 2000

A Study Of Problems In Reading English Texts Among The Esl Trainee Teachers, Jayanthi Mala V. Marimuthu

Student Works (2000-2009)

The trainee teachers in the English option of Maktab Perguruan Batu Pahat (MPBP) face problems in the reading comprehension of texts written in English. These trainees, when they graduate, will be English teachers posted to primary schools all over the country. In order to be good English teachers, it is one of the essential requirements for them to be able to comprehend English texts. ln addition, with the advent or the computer and other technological advancements in this era, there is a greater need for these readers to he able to comprehend the information they obtain from this media. The …

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