English as a second language has been learnt by all students in Malaysia throughout their years i... more English as a second language has been learnt by all students in Malaysia throughout their years in schools and higher institutions. The amount of years students learnt English is seen as adequate to enable them to perform the language outside classroom context and to score better grades for their English SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia), a pre requisite exam for all students before entering matriculation, pre-university or diploma. However, to dismay many are still alienated to learning this language. Hence, this paper draws on research to exploit strategies in strategic thinking skills in order to sustain and maintain learning strategies especially in the process of engaging language learning. A researcher-developed taxonomy was exercised on 61 school students preparing for their SPM exam of a local school in Rompin District, Pahang. The students were facilitated by 6 undergraduates volunteer to assist on students’ progress. A learning module was developed to engage in learning proce...
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was designed to fulfil the needs of learners learning languag... more English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was designed to fulfil the needs of learners learning languages in specific disciplines. ESP concerns on words or terms that are created specifically or have their own definition in specific fields. As engineering students read abundance of technical texts such as manuals and reports that contain numerous technical terms that have specific meaning in the engineering field, the vocabulary knowledge of technical terms is essential for them in order to understand and comprehend the texts. However, engineering students were found to have difficulties whenever they encountered texts filled with abundance of technical terms. Hence, this study aims to investigate the vocabulary size of technical vocabulary among engineering students at Universiti Malaysia Pahang. This research employs two instruments which are technical vocabulary test and semi-structured interview. The test was used in collecting quantitative data while the semi-structured interview was...
This research reports on a mixed method study with the aim to discover the employment of vocabula... more This research reports on a mixed method study with the aim to discover the employment of vocabulary learning strategies by students majoring in engineering course in learning technical vocabulary which is in this context, the engineering terminologies. This research adopted Explicit Vocabulary Learning Theory by Ellis (1994) which proposed that there are usage of learning strategies in the process of learning word meanings. Five vocabulary learning strategies taxonomies were employed in this study which were developed by Schmitt (1994) which are determination, social, memory, cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Each taxonomy has a few strategies that are developed specifically according to the type of strategies used. All five taxonomies of vocabulary learning strategies were compared to the students’ field of study, year of study and English proficiency level. Previous studies highlighted that there were differences found in the use of strategies among learners in comparison to...
English as a second language has been learnt by all students in Malaysia throughout their years i... more English as a second language has been learnt by all students in Malaysia throughout their years in schools and higher institutions. The amount of years students learnt English is seen as adequate to enable them to perform the language outside classroom context and to score better grades for their English SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia), a pre requisite exam for all students before entering matriculation, pre-university or diploma. However, to dismay many are still alienated to learning this language. Hence, this paper draws on research to exploit strategies in strategic thinking skills in order to sustain and maintain learning strategies especially in the process of engaging language learning. A researcher-developed taxonomy was exercised on 61 school students preparing for their SPM exam of a local school in Rompin District, Pahang. The students were facilitated by 6 undergraduates volunteer to assist on students’ progress. A learning module was developed to engage in learning proce...
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was designed to fulfil the needs of learners learning languag... more English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was designed to fulfil the needs of learners learning languages in specific disciplines. ESP concerns on words or terms that are created specifically or have their own definition in specific fields. As engineering students read abundance of technical texts such as manuals and reports that contain numerous technical terms that have specific meaning in the engineering field, the vocabulary knowledge of technical terms is essential for them in order to understand and comprehend the texts. However, engineering students were found to have difficulties whenever they encountered texts filled with abundance of technical terms. Hence, this study aims to investigate the vocabulary size of technical vocabulary among engineering students at Universiti Malaysia Pahang. This research employs two instruments which are technical vocabulary test and semi-structured interview. The test was used in collecting quantitative data while the semi-structured interview was...
This research reports on a mixed method study with the aim to discover the employment of vocabula... more This research reports on a mixed method study with the aim to discover the employment of vocabulary learning strategies by students majoring in engineering course in learning technical vocabulary which is in this context, the engineering terminologies. This research adopted Explicit Vocabulary Learning Theory by Ellis (1994) which proposed that there are usage of learning strategies in the process of learning word meanings. Five vocabulary learning strategies taxonomies were employed in this study which were developed by Schmitt (1994) which are determination, social, memory, cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Each taxonomy has a few strategies that are developed specifically according to the type of strategies used. All five taxonomies of vocabulary learning strategies were compared to the students’ field of study, year of study and English proficiency level. Previous studies highlighted that there were differences found in the use of strategies among learners in comparison to...
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