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Lim, Jia Wei – Literacy, 2020
This article is based on the premise that mandated reading in literature classrooms may be perceived as an imposition and disliked by students. Attempts to address that scenario have suggested that text selection should be given more consideration to promote reading engagement, particularly by choosing texts which are familiar to the lifeworlds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Reading Material Selection, Literature Appreciation
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Lim, Jia Wei; Othman, Juliana; Lo, Yueh Yea – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
The importance of critical thinking is championed in education, but it is also acknowledged that developing critical thinking is challenging particularly in a context like Malaysia where being critical often comes with negative connotations. This article details an attempt to develop reflective critical thinking in the discipline-specific study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Azmi, Mohd Nazri Bin Latiff – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2013
This study investigates the impact of the implementation of "Literature Circles" in an Active Learning classroom in relations to developing soft skills among university students. The use of Literature Circles is a well-known strategy in teaching the students to be more creative, independent, and think out of the box. A group of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Active Learning, Reading Instruction
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Ali, Soraya – Journal of Reading, 1994
Shows how the reader-response approach can provide interesting and meaningful ways of teaching literature in a second language. Illustrates its use in teaching a short story in an English reading class for engineering students in Malaysia. (SR)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation