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Kiasan Melayu Dalam Pengucapan Awam : Satu Kajian Teks Ucapan, Norazlina Mohd. Kiram

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research presents an analysis on the use of Malay idioms in public speeches. The analysis is based on the speech on the National Budget 1998. Research has found that the budget speech contained direct criticisms that negatively affect the target group. This phenomenon should not have happened if only the speaker was more careful in his diction. The analysis aims at identifying the Malay forms of idiomatic expression used in speech texts. The categorization of forms is based on the study done by Safian Hussein ( 1988). To relate it to public speaking, this study will refer to the …

Al-Tasybih Dalam Bahasa Arab : Kajian Pemikiran Abdul Qahir Al-Jurjani Dalam Asrar Al-Balaghah, Muhammad Saiful Anuar Yusoff

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This study is entitled "Simile in the Arabic Language (Al-Tasybih Dalam Bahasa Arab)-A Study of Abdul Qahir al-Jurjani's Thoughts in Asrar al-Balaghah". This study is aimed at portraying the beauties of the Arabic rhetorical values through the perception of the greatest founder of Arabic rhetorical knowledge, Abdul Qahir al­Jurjani in 'Asrar al-Balaghah". This study will also reveal the secrets behind the beauty and the miracle of the Holy Quran through the perspective of Arabic rhetoric. This is a five chapters dissertation, the first of which, is the introduction to the topic of the study that discuss in general the language …

Bahan Pengajaran Bahasa Cina Di Sekolah Menengah Persendirian Cina Di Malaysia : Satu Kajian Kes, Wai Bing Hong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The history of Chinese education in Malaysia encompasses 98 years since the first Chinese school was built in 1904. Although faced with a host of challenges from the aspect of changing government education policies due to different styles of administration under the British government, the Japanese occupation, the Federation of Malaya and subsequently independent Malaysia, the Chinese community has succeeded in maintaining 60 private Chinese secondary schools to this day. In Malaysia, textbooks play a very important role in the teaching of the Chinese language in schools. Textbooks are the standard teaching resources for Chinese language and an important tool …

Role Of Discussions On The Writing Process Of Tertiary-Level Students, Siew Fong Lin

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study was to discover the effectiveness of discussion as a pre-writing tool for tertiary-level students. The subjects selected for this study were thirty Tunku Abdul Rahman College students from the Diploma in Chemistry and Biology Year Two course. The theoretical perspectives guiding this research were drawn from Vygotsky's Social-Cognitive Theory, Piagef s Cognitive Conflict Theory, Swain's Output Hypothesis and Feuerstein's Theory of Mediation.Theoretically, the study rested on the premise that learners need time to process content and to interact with more experienced individuals to achieve higher levels of learning.

The integrated approach towards the teaching of …

Pakej Pembelajaran Pintar 3b Bermultimedia, Sharif Intan Sharinah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Pembangunan perisian melalui web atau CD semakin mendapat perhatian dewasa ini khususnya di kalangan pembangun sistem di mana penggunaan ke atasnya juga mendapat sambutan yang menggalakkan khususnya di kalangan pelajar samada pada peringkat tinggi, pertengahan ataupun rendah. Projek yang dibangunkan ini dikenali dengan Pakej Pembelajaran Pintar Bahasa Inggeris, Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Arab Bermultimedia berasaskan web. Ia dibangunkan khususnya bagi kegunaan pelajar-pelajar sekolah rendah bagi memudahkan sesi pembelajaran dari segi pengetahuan dalam pelbagai bahasa pertuturan. Pakej ini dibangunkan adalah bertujuan untuk mcmahirkan serta memberi peluang kepada pengguna untuk lebih mudah mempelajari 3 jenis bahasa pertuturan dalam masa yang singkat. Dari …

Analisis Kesilapan Sebutan Bahasa Al-Quran Di Kalangan Pelajar Sekolah Menengah, Mohd Nasir Mohamed Hasbullah

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ANALISIS KESILAPAN SEBUTAN BAHASA AL-QURAN DI KALANGAN PELAJAR SEKOLAH MENENGAH, merupakan analisis bagi melihat tahap kemampuan pelajar menyebut bahasa al-Quran. Umumnya, kesilapan dan kemampuan pelajar bergantung kepada sejauh mana tumpuan seseorang terhadap al-Quran. Bab pertama, penulis menjelaskan secara ringkas tentang analisis kesilapan, penyataan masalah, objektif dan kepentingan kajian, bidang dan batasan kajian, tinjauan terhadap kajian yang berkaitan. metodologi penyelidikan dan rangka kajian. Dalam bab kedua pula, penulis menerangkan tentang al-Quran dan kelebihan mempclajari al-Quran, huruf- huruf al-Quran dari segi teknik sebutan makhraj-makhrajnya dan membunyikan sifal- sifat huruf tcrsebut. Huruf- huruf dihuraikan dengan terperinci. Penulis juga menerangkan istilah al- Dabt dalam …

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, …

Faktor Leksis Dan Budaya Dalam Terjemahan Arab-Melayu : Satu Analisis Karya Rihlah Ibn Battutah, Syed Nurul Akla Syed Abdullah

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This research presents an analysis of lexical and cultural factors in a contemporary Arabic-Malay translation in relation to the process of translating. The analysis is based on chapters 1 and 2 of Pengembaraan lbn Battutah (The Travels of Ibn Battuta), which is the translated version of the original text Rihlah lbn Battutah (1357). Cultural differences between Arabic and Malay cause problems and difficulties in translation, especially in the selection of appropriate lexis. The analysis aims to identify the extent in which lexical and cultural factors cause difficulties in the interpretation of the meaning of problematic lexical items. The translation was …

Texture Formation In An Expository Genre, Yik Sheng Lee

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The purpose of this research is to analyse and determine the language resources that are used to produce Malay essays as required by the local assessment examinations. Essay writing skill is vital for students who are sitting for these examinations. Although such a skill is important students are often left on their own to figure out what resources are available and the ways to use them in order to produce an essay which belongs to the expository genre. The theoretical framework used in this researchs need to fulfil two major requirements. First the theory needs to link the concept of …

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 …

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 …

Cal (Computer Assisted) Learning For English Idioms, Yee Loon Tan

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CAL for English Idioms is a multimedia educational courses are designed for beginning English learners. It covers a large collection of English idioms and will let the users learn the meaning of English Idioms, and know how to use them. It is interactive and it uses multimedia elements to encourage learning through interaction between the computer and the user. CAL for English Idioms includes three major functional modules:Learning, Interactive and Quiz and Test.The Learning Module integrated text, graphics, animation and video to aid learning,whereas the Interactive module compliments the Leaming by providing interactive games to enhance the user's memory about …

A Genre Analysis Of Advertisements In A Local Newspaper, Moi Moi Yong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study attempts to investigate the organisation of advenisements on private institutions of higher learning taken from 'The Star' daily and to provide a descriptive account of how the advertisements are structured Twenty advertisements on different private institutions of higher learning are selected and analysed using the nine move structure analysis adapted by S. Kathpalia (1992). This genre based move structure is employed as a format to study the structure of these advertisements. It is revealed that there is a uniform pattern of organisation of the elements in the advertisements. An eight move structure is identified. It is also found …

A Study Of The Composing Skills Among Learners In A Chinese School, Kam Mee Foo

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Composition writing has always been an integral part of the English Language curriculum in all schools. However, after years of practice in writing composition, many of our students are still weak in their composing skills. This study looks into the problems of composition writing among learners in a Chinese school. The instruments used in this study were two sets of questionnaires and to supplement and verify data obtained from questionnaire, structured interviews were conducted and sample of students' marked compositions were collected. Data obtained was analyzed via triangulation. The main findings revealed that there is very little direct teaching of …

Computer Aided Learning Chinese Iiioms ( Calci), Chai Yam Yee

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Computer aided learning have been implemented by lots of institutions and universities nowadays, due to the fast growing of information technology and the trend of moving towards paperless environment. Computer aided learning of Chinese idioms, is a package developed to assist students in the Chinese idioms study. This package is limited to Chinese idioms in 4 characters only. The package will provides the entire syllabus of Chinese idioms learned at primary and secondary school. It also contains idioms story, exercises and quizzes. The development of this package is assisted by multimedia tool to make it a more attractive, efficient and …

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 …

An Analysis Of Verb Form Errors Of Chinese Esl Students, Yong Meng Kam

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This study sets out to investigate the types of errors in the simple past and past progressive tenses found in the written English of 40 Form Four Chinese students of Sek. Men. Tanah Merah Site 'C', Negeri Sembilan. The errors are examined according to Corder's (1981) taxonomy of errors. In the essays, selection errors accounted for the highest percentage of simple past tense errors, followed by addition and then, omission errors. In the past progressive tense, the omission category has the highest occurrence of errors, followed by the selection category with no errors in the addition category. In the structured …

A Study Of The Teaching And Learning Of Literature In Two Form 1 Classes, Zamrudah Ahmad Rashidi

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This study explored the process of the recent implementation of the Literature in English component in the Fo1m l English Language Syllabus in an attempt to examine the teaching and learning of literature in actual classroom situations. It sought to examine the nature of input by teachers and the uptake by students of typical Literature in English lessons in two Form 1 classes, to obtain feedback on the hands-on implementation of the component so as to inform future effective practice. To be more specific, this study sought to identify the approaches used to teach the selected literary texts as well …

The Use Of Motivational Techniques In Improving Reading Skills, Puteri Rohani Megat Abdul Rahim

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study explores the role of motivational techniques in improving college students' reading skills. The study employed an experimental design involving an experimental and a control group. A Pretest and a Posttest as well as an Index of Reading Awareness (IRA) were used to gather data for the study. Two c lasses consisting of 52 students of similar English language ability were randomly selected and taught by two different teachers. The Experimental group was exposed to selected motivational techniques in the reading classroom while the Control group received no instruction in motivational techniques during reading instruction. The Pretest, Posttest and …

The Use Of Social Language Learning Strategies In A Literature-Based Form 4 Esl Class, Ramanathan Thayalini

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study was carried out in an all girls secondary school in urban Kuala Lumpur called Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Puteri Anggerik. The purpose of the study was to explore and compare the social language learning strategies used in group work between two groups of learners with varying levels of proficiency in a literature-based Form 4 ESL Class. Three dimensions of social language learning strategies which is asking questions, cooperating with others and empathising with others were examined in this study. Ten focal informants were selected for this study. Five were fairly proficient students and another five of low proficiency. A …

Buku-Buku Sastera Terbitan Dbp Sarawak 1988-1998 : Penerimaan Dan Kedudukannya Di Sarawak, Hazami Jahari

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The community's interest towards literature is seen to be on the decline. Neither do they seem to understand nor appreciate the significance of literature in molding the ways of thoughts of the people. This is due to the ever increasing cost of living, wide range of entertainment media and the government policy. The role and significance of literature no longer becomes predominant. Thus this study aims at reassessing the status of literature in the daily life of the community, especially the students and teachers of secondary schools in Sarawak. The methods being applied are through questionnaires focusing on the statistics …

Sistem Pengajian Bahasa Arab Di Peringkat Thanawi : Suatu Kajian Di Sekolah Dar Al-Huda, Yala, Selatan Thai, Maroseh Niringjuerae

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In 1967, Pondok Bukit Gua had been transferred into Islamic private school. It meant that the system of learning of Arabic language was also changed from traditional system into modem system. Traditional system was emphasized on grammar, Nahu and Saraf while modem system was focused on skills including listening, speaking, reading and writing. To conduct this study, the following questions need to be inquired into properly: 1. What kind of system of teaching Arabic practiced by Pondok Darul Huda? 2. Can this pondok produce students who are skillful in using Arabic language? 3. What kind of Arabic subjects are taught? …

Pencapaian Tajwid Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Maahad Tahfiz : Satu Kajian Kes, Mustapha Kamil Che Pa

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This study clarifies the Tajwid Achievement among the students of Ma'had Tahfiz al-Qur'an Of The Kelantan Islamic Foundation. It starts off by discussing the descendance of the Holy al-Qur'an, the wisdom (hikmah), how it was compiled and spreading/expanse in Nusantara including in Malaysia and specifically in Kelantan. The inquiry also mentions the Tajwid of al-Qur'an which also involves the speech articulatory organs (devices), "makhraj" of the letters and the haltings (waqaf) and "ibtida". The characters of letters that are mentioned include the original and adaptation, the rules of Tajwid in detail are also mentioned. They are the Rules of "Mad" …

Analisis Kontrastif Kata Bilangan Dan Penjodoh Bilangan Di Antara Bahasa Melayu Dan Bahasa Jepun, Aini Aziz

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The main aim of this research is to study and identify errors in numerals and quantifiers in the Japanese Language which are often made by the Malay students at MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam. The writer attempts 10 find factors that cause these errors and suggests various methods to solve the problems. A survey has been carried out as a background study. 19 sets of questionnaire were administered to the students of the Diploma in Tourism Management, faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism. UiTM. The aim of this study is to get feedback on the errors that always occurred, …

An Error Analysis Of The Use Of The Past Tense In French By Malay Students, Sep Neo Lim

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The objectives of this study are (a) to analyse and categorise the errors made by Malay students of French when using the two French conversational past tenses: the imparfait and the posse compose; (b) to compare and contrast the French past tenses with the Malay expressions of past times; and (c) to suggest some pedagogical strategies. The subjects of this study comprise Malay undergraduates of BA English and BA Malay doing a French proficiency course at Universiti Putra Malaysia. The instrument used is a test consisting of four passages. The respondents have to use the correct past tense of the …

Analisis Kesilapan Kata Ganti Nama Diri Bahasa Melayu Di Kalangan Pelajar Cina, Siew Yoon Lai

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The personal pronouns represent a very important aspect of the Malay Language. The use of personal pronouns. varies according to the social structure and situations. Many Remove Class students from the Chinese vernacular schools find it hard to converse und write in good Malay. This is particularly evident in their use of the personal pronouns. This research was carried out using the error analysis approach. The subjects are 30 Remove Class Chinese students. The data were collected from 60 essays and a test which comprised of 25 multiple choice questions and 5 translation questions. The errors in the essays were …

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 …

An Error Analysis Of English Prepositions In The Written Work Of Upper Secondary Malay Students, Chek Kim Loi

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The primary aims of this study are to identify the common prepositional errors in the written texts of Form 4 Malay ESL students who have studied English in school for ten years, to measure the relative intensities of these errors and to find out the causes for the occurrence of these errors. Nine concepts of prepositions which pose the most difficulty for students are examined. They are prepositions of place, prepositions of direction, prepositions of time, prepositions of manner-agent, prepositions of causepurpose, prepositions of similarity, prepositions of association, prepositions of verbprep, and prepositions of adj-prep. The subjects selected for this …

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

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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 …