The Use of English in Teaching Mathematics and Science:  The PPSMI Policy vis-à-vis The DLP

Yunus, Melor Md; Sukri, Saiful Islam Ahmad

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“…Interventions in terms of policies have been initiated by the Malaysian government to curb this decline, namely the PPSMI (English for Teaching Science and Mathematics). However, its outcomes were deemed unsuccessful by reports that examined its effectiveness (Yunus & Sukri, 2017) and at the same time, further widening the gap between rural and urban students. It is a widely known phenomenon that rural area students struggled to grasp the meaning of the English language lessons in that English is more of a foreign language (Tan, 2009) as compared to their urban counterparts.…”

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A Correlational Study of the English Listening and Speaking Anxiety in Rural Areas

Hamid¹,

Idrus²

2021

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English proficiency amongst Malaysian is debatably on a decline. Possible causes of this phenomenon are extensively argued. Thus, renewed interest towards English language anxiety, an internal factor of learners’ level of intensity in listening and speaking skills, can sometimes be overlooked. An investigation was conducted on selected secondary schools' students in Selangor, a state in Malaysia. The schools lacked facilities and meagerly equipped with basic resources and facilities. A total of 311 non-national examination takers students from three different schools were selected. A set of questionnaire were distributed which adopted a composite of foreign language anxiety surveys, measuring their level of anxiety towards the English language classroom according to the four language skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing). The results were measured and the scores were tabulated. A correlation was established between the listening anxiety and speaking anxiety skill from the scores. This finding explored the possibility of reducing language anxiety in two skills by intervening in only one instance which can be helpful in reducing the time spent on managing the English language classroom anxiety. However, further studies should be conducted in order to improve the validity of this result.

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A Correlational Study of the English Listening and Speaking Anxiety in Rural Areas

Hamid¹,

Idrus²

2021

ELT

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“…It is supported by González Fernández and Schmitt (2017) who stated that teaching communicative competences such as speaking, and listening are often overlooked by Malaysian teachers. In fact, according to Yunus and Sukri (2017), they agreed that Malaysian public standardized assessments only concentrate on reading and writing rather than listening and speaking.…”

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“…ESL encompasses a limitless embodiment in the education system because it is a language that transcends the different disciplines that exist in education, makes it highly adaptive and important at the same time. In addressing the needs of the fourth industrial revolution, countries have restructured their education systems and more emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) based education has also caused the importance of ESL to rise significantly (Yunus & Sukri, 2017).…”

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Self-Paced Formative Assessment: Concept and Applications in Learning ESL Vocabulary

Chandran¹,

Hashim²

2021

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The concept paper discusses the self-paced formative assessment in the context of the ESL classroom vocabulary instruction. In this paper, the concept is discussed along with the history and emergence of language learning strategies from the core of language theories. The explorations of past studies reveal the importance of an assessment method that helps learners identify their needs and their preferred learning strategies. The self-paced assessment technique is described as self-directed and important in helping learners acquire vocabulary more effectively. The study focuses on past studies that document the implications, issues of employing self-paced assessment in the second language classroom, the advantage and constrains on self-paced assessment in context of second language classroom. Primary ideas like word recognition, the three-tier model and word meanings are discussed to elaborate the concept of self-paced assessment and how it should work in vocabulary instruction. The major implications of this study are in the designing and implementation of second language lessons where teachers should focus more on providing room for learners to direct their assessments. As for future researches, a sound methodology for experimentation is recommended to fully explore the feasibility of self-paced assessments in the ESL classroom. It is believed that self-paced formative assessment would enhance vocabulary mastery among ESL learners. Hence, this paper explains how self-paced formative assessment assists in learning vocabulary.

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“…The teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics in English has gained wide interest among practitioners and researchers including in Malaysia. For instance, in a study conducted in one of the public university in Malaysia, Yunus and Sukri (2017) investigated fifty pre-service teachers' perceptions on the https://doi. org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.12.05.36 Corresponding Author: Umi Kalsom Masrom Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 2357-1330 343 use of English in the teaching of Mathematics and Science.…”

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Dual-Language Program (Dlp) Of Secondary School Student: Incorporating A Community-Based Program

Masrom¹

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The Use of English in Teaching Mathematics and Science: The PPSMI Policy vis-à-vis The DLP

Cited by 17 publications

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A Correlational Study of the English Listening and Speaking Anxiety in Rural Areas

A Correlational Study of the English Listening and Speaking Anxiety in Rural Areas

Self-Paced Formative Assessment: Concept and Applications in Learning ESL Vocabulary

Dual-Language Program (Dlp) Of Secondary School Student: Incorporating A Community-Based Program

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