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Language learning is influenced by various factors determined by learners or educators. Motivatio... more Language learning is influenced by various factors determined by learners or educators. Motivation is one of the many factors that had sparked the interest of many educationists as it is known to give impact to the learning process and the performance of the students. In line with that, this research was carried out to find out the types of motivation (instrumental and integrative) and the preferred language activities among engineering students. A total sample of 100 students from four engineering departments in Polytechnic Kuching Sarawak, namely Electrical Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Petrochemical Engineering and Civil Engineering Department were selected randomly. The distributed questionnaires consists of two main parts; types of motivation and language activities. ‘Statistical Package for Social Sciences’ (SPSS) was applied to analyze the feedback obtained. The findings had shown that most of the students are instrumentally motivated in learning ...
Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Management
The ability to present in front of an audience is one of the crucial skills that need to be maste... more The ability to present in front of an audience is one of the crucial skills that need to be mastered by second language learners. Unfortunately, in polytechnic, a number of students have reported difficulty in doing so due to their lack of understanding and interest towards oral presentation skills. Complaints included that students found the topic as dry and challenging. This problem may likely be improved by using technology developed towards grabbing students' attention and achieve the target which is to make them understand the topic. In this study, an oral presentation skills topic is taught via iSpring Presenter (ISP), interactive software that could bring life to the so called 'dry topic'. A sum of 30 students from Diploma in Accountancy was selected through convenience sampling method. The students were asked to go through the learning contents via ISP and at the end of the activity, they were requested to give feedbacks regarding the effectiveness of the ISP using a questionnaire. The data was analysed using descriptive statistic (mean). The result showed that students gave positive feedback towards the teaching of oral presentation skills through ISP such as teaching oral presentations skills via ISP is a useful way for the students to learn in flexible way. Besides, the students also agreed that they can improve their understanding in oral presentation. Hence, the collaboration between lecturer and students is essential in determining the success of implementing learning activities using ISP.
Attitude plays a huge role in determining students’ acceptance towards what they studied and that... more Attitude plays a huge role in determining students’ acceptance towards what they studied and that includes studying foreign language like English language. English language has comfortably placed itself in Malaysia as more Malaysians acknowledged the importance of mastering the language as a medium of communication used worldwide. However there is a mixture of attitudes towards learning English among students in tertiary level in Malaysia as some may still perceive it negatively after years of studying English while some think otherwise. Therefore, this study is carried out to investigate students’ attitudes towards learning English in higher learning institution, Polytechnic Kuching Sarawak specifically. A total of 60 students of semester one’s Diploma in Electronic Communication were selected randomly. Questionnaire was used as a medium of collecting data. “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” (SPSS) was then applied to analyze the data. The finding revealed that semester one students who enrolled in Diploma in Electronic Communication had moderate attitudes towards learning English in tertiary level. Some recommendations are finally presented based on the result of the study.
Language learning is influenced by various factors determined by learners or educators. Motivatio... more Language learning is influenced by various factors determined by learners or educators. Motivation is one of the many factors that had sparked the interest of many educationists as it is known to give impact to the learning process and the performance of the students. In line with that, this research was carried out to find out the types of motivation (instrumental and integrative) and the preferred language activities among engineering students. A total sample of 100 students from four engineering departments in Polytechnic Kuching Sarawak, namely Electrical Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Petrochemical Engineering and Civil Engineering Department were selected randomly. The distributed questionnaires consists of two main parts; types of motivation and language activities. ‘Statistical Package for Social Sciences’ (SPSS) was applied to analyze the feedback obtained. The findings had shown that most of the students are instrumentally motivated in learning ...
Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Management
The ability to present in front of an audience is one of the crucial skills that need to be maste... more The ability to present in front of an audience is one of the crucial skills that need to be mastered by second language learners. Unfortunately, in polytechnic, a number of students have reported difficulty in doing so due to their lack of understanding and interest towards oral presentation skills. Complaints included that students found the topic as dry and challenging. This problem may likely be improved by using technology developed towards grabbing students' attention and achieve the target which is to make them understand the topic. In this study, an oral presentation skills topic is taught via iSpring Presenter (ISP), interactive software that could bring life to the so called 'dry topic'. A sum of 30 students from Diploma in Accountancy was selected through convenience sampling method. The students were asked to go through the learning contents via ISP and at the end of the activity, they were requested to give feedbacks regarding the effectiveness of the ISP using a questionnaire. The data was analysed using descriptive statistic (mean). The result showed that students gave positive feedback towards the teaching of oral presentation skills through ISP such as teaching oral presentations skills via ISP is a useful way for the students to learn in flexible way. Besides, the students also agreed that they can improve their understanding in oral presentation. Hence, the collaboration between lecturer and students is essential in determining the success of implementing learning activities using ISP.
Attitude plays a huge role in determining students’ acceptance towards what they studied and that... more Attitude plays a huge role in determining students’ acceptance towards what they studied and that includes studying foreign language like English language. English language has comfortably placed itself in Malaysia as more Malaysians acknowledged the importance of mastering the language as a medium of communication used worldwide. However there is a mixture of attitudes towards learning English among students in tertiary level in Malaysia as some may still perceive it negatively after years of studying English while some think otherwise. Therefore, this study is carried out to investigate students’ attitudes towards learning English in higher learning institution, Polytechnic Kuching Sarawak specifically. A total of 60 students of semester one’s Diploma in Electronic Communication were selected randomly. Questionnaire was used as a medium of collecting data. “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” (SPSS) was then applied to analyze the data. The finding revealed that semester one students who enrolled in Diploma in Electronic Communication had moderate attitudes towards learning English in tertiary level. Some recommendations are finally presented based on the result of the study.