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Designing an acculturation scale for Malaysian students in Japan universities
(INTI Pub. House, 2008)Adjustment to a new culture is crucial psychological and behavioural process among international students. Adaptation supports the performance and functioning of these students. Failure to adapt to the changes in the new ... -
Utilizing the findings of international adaptation research in the counseling of Malaysian students in Japan
(Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM), 2008-06)Adaptation supports the performance and functioning of international students. Failure to adapt to the changes in the new environment would tax on the psychological wellbeing, exhaust the students and strain their academic ... -
The application of blended learning approach in TEFL: a case study of Nakhon Sri Thammarat Primary Educational service area office 3
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-01)This paper aims to investigate the relationship between blended learning approach and learners’ academic achievement in English subject with primary learners in level 6 and further study of learners and teachers’ satisfaction ... -
The design of the learning activities packages by using the learning technique on SQRC to develop grade 9 students’ reading, critical thinking and writing skills
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-01)The objectives of the research were to construct and study the efficiency value of the learning activities packages by prescribing the criterion of 80/80 and compare the students’ learning achievement between pretest and ... -
Morphemic analysis instruction in developing students’ English vocabulary
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)The purpose of this study were: 1) to investigate the learners’ background knowledge of English vocabulary; 2) to investigate the effectiveness of morphemic analysis instruction (MAI) in developing students’ English ... -
Pendekatan kolaboratif dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berbahasa pelajar: satu kajian tinjauan terhadap pelajar IPTA
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa, terdapat empat kemahiran utama yang perlu dicapai. Empat kemahiran tersebut ialah kemahiran mendengar, kemahiran bertutur, kemahiran membaca dan kemahiran menulis. Namun pada ... -
Makna tanpa kata-kata: peranan bahasa badan dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Kemahiran komunikasi yang berkesan menjadi teras dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran (p & p). Pendidik dan pelajar yang dapat berkomunikasi dengan baik dapat mewujudkan suasana p & p yang menyeronokkan. Kajian ini ... -
Segmental and suprasegmental analysis: a case study of a Malay jearner’s utterances of an English song
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Pronunciation mistakes are among the common occurrences made by L2 Malay learners of English. Bahasa Melayu and English vary in the numbers of vowels and diphthongs, as well as the origin of the consonants (Goay and Choo, ... -
Strategies used by local ESL teachers in Malaysia to create a constructivist classroom
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)This paper presents how local ESL teachers in Malaysia create a constructivist classroom to instil higher-order thinking skills in students in the hope that the standard of English can indirectly improve. The aim of this ... -
Developing an English curriculum for local guide: a case study of Ram Dang community, Thailand
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)This study aimed at designing and developing an English curriculum for volunteer local guides in Ram Dang community in Songkhla, southern Thailand; and investigating the opinions of the participants on the designed curriculum. ... -
Analisis gender dalam Bahasa Melayu dari sudut leksikal dan makna
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Bahasa merupakan satu alat yang digunakan oleh anggota masyarakat untuk berhubung. Penggunaan bahasa dipengaruhi oleh pelbagai unsur sosial yang mewujudkan pelbagai variasi bahasa dalam sesebuah komuniti bahasa. Gender ... -
“Once I get stuck…” A study of communication strategies of undergraduate English language learners
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)This study set out to examine communication strategies, the strategies that learners employ when they confront a problem in communication as they possess inadequate competence in presenting their ideas. It also explored ... -
Implementing cooperative learning to enhance oral communication skills in English for tourism program: a case study of Thai students
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)This research aimed to compare the oral communication skill of the students before and after using the Cooperative Learning approach, to investigate the students’ attitudes toward this approach, and to determine how they ... -
Tahap perpaduan pelajar pelbagai etnik melalui penggunaan teknologi dalam aktiviti pembelajaran
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti tahap perpaduan etnik daripada segi aktiviti pembelajaran melalui penggunaan teknologi dalam kalangan pelajar pelbagai etnik di sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi awam. Kajian ini ... -
A study of relationship between learning-related behavior and language motivation of engineering undergraduates
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)this study aimed at investigating the relationship between engineering undergraduates language learning motivation and their learning-related behavior, with a comparison between students of both genders. The sample included ... -
A study of behavioral cultural knowledge in English language of students in English for international communication program, Faculty of Liberal Arts
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)The objectives of this research were to study behavioral cultural knowledge in English and to compare knowledge of the samples who graduated from high school and samples who were vocational certificate holders. In addition, ... -
Communication apprehension among first-year engineering degree students of Universiti Malaysia Perlis
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Prospective employers complained that 50% of graduates have unsatisfactory grasp of English communication skills. This study looks at the level of oral communication apprehension of the first-year Engineering Degree students ... -
Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)The current burden of university students nowadays is to read a large volume of academic texts in English. However, many of them are under prepared for the reading demands placed on them (Dreyer & Nel, 2003). For students ... -
Kaedah alternatif membentuk padanan istilah: suatu pendekatan sosioterminologi
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)Penggubalan, pembakuan dan penyelarasan istilah bahasa Melayu telah dilakukan oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) sejak tahun 1956 dan lebih daripada satu juta istilah telah dihasilkan. Lazimnya, kaedah penggubalan istilah ... -
Speaking self-efficacy among students of Kedah Matriculation College
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisCentre of International Languages, 2014-02)One of the many predicaments faced by Malaysian workforce at all levels is the declining level of English proficiency which has not met the requirements of the employers. Many studies have been conducted on self-efficacy ...