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Lilly Metom; Su-Hie Ting – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
The Iban language of Sarawak is an indigenous language that has an orthography and has been taught as a subject in Malaysian schools since 1968. However, no findings are available on whether Iban is used for written and formal communication. This study examined the extent of the formal use of Iban among the Iban community. Questionnaire data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Indigenous Populations, Language Usage
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Singh, Kuldip Kaur Maktiar; Ali, Afida Mohamad – Asian Journal of University Education, 2019
The academic oral presentation (henceforth AOP) is an important genre for tertiary students across various courses and disciplines in the university. Despite the importance of AOPs for undergraduate students, relatively little is known about this genre. Using Swales' (1990, 2004) notion of move analysis, this paper compares the rhetorical…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Undergraduate Students, English Instruction, Administration
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Bakar, Noor Idayu Abu; Noordin, Nooreen; Razali, Abu Bakar – English Language Teaching, 2019
The quasi-experimental study investigated the effectiveness of using project-based learning (PjBL) activities as a teaching strategy in improving the oral communicative competence of Malaysian English language learners. The participants included 44 diploma students enrolled in a Communicative English course at a technical college in the Peninsular…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Student Projects
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Haron, Sueraya Che; Ahmad, Ismail Sheikh; Mamat, Arifin; Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein Ahmed – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
In Malaysia, studies have shown that most Malay learners learning Arabic Language exhibit weak Arabic speaking skill despite spending years of learning the language. However, given the same learning environment and experience, some of them could be considered as good Arabic speakers as revealed by the results of Arabic Placement Test conducted by…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Indonesian, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Shamsudin, Sarimah; Nesi, Hilary – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2006
This paper will describe an ESP approach to the design and implementation of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tasks for computer science students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and discuss the effectiveness of the chat feature of Windows NetMeeting as a tool for developing specified language skills. CMC tasks were set within a programme of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skills, English for Special Purposes, Oral Language