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Research paper thumbnail of Students’ Online Learning Readiness Amid the Covid 19 Outbreak: McO Phase 1

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

Teaching on digital platforms has now become the trend, and whether it is language apps, virtual ... more Teaching on digital platforms has now become the trend, and whether it is language apps, virtual tutoring, or video conferencing tools, there has been a significant rise in usage since the Covid-19 outbreak. In this regard, the study investigated students’ readiness towards online learning during the Malaysia Movement Control Order (MCO) Phase 1. 120 students were asked to respond to a questionnaire. However, only 98 students had responded to the questionnaire. In general, the finding shows that the students were not fully ready for online learning mainly due to the limited access to the internet, and because of this limitation, they prefer to have downloadable videos and lecture presentation slides that they can access at any time asynchronously. This study has implications on identifying students’ learning needs for the digital language classroom as the base for designing the learning materials.

Research paper thumbnail of Revisiting English Learners' Academic Writing Needs

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

Unlike Malaysian schools that use syllabi issued by the Education Ministry, Malaysia's public... more Unlike Malaysian schools that use syllabi issued by the Education Ministry, Malaysia's public universities have full autonomy of their syllabi. English language courses and curricula in public universities are usually based on the needs of stakeholders; government, community, academicians, learners, and also parents (Avci, Ring, and Mitchelli, 2015). Traditionally, most English language courses focus on learners’ proficiency and aim to equip learners with general, social, academic, and employment language skills. In this century, there is a need to keep up with the learners’ latest needs and requirements which are closely related to technology and globalisation. This present quantitative study attempts to tap into the current needs, perceptions, and views related to academic writing in English of one of the stakeholders in a public university in Malaysia. A group of learners in a public university was given a questionnaire that contained questions related to academic writing and...

Research paper thumbnail of Student Perception in Using Madlipz in an English Oral Communication Classroom: A Case Study in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

The English language is seen as an important medium of communication between people especially in... more The English language is seen as an important medium of communication between people especially in higher institutions in Malaysia and also in the working world. Thus, a lot of effort has been put in to producing students who are competent in communicating effectively in a different social and professional context. One of the ways in enhancing students’ proficiency in English is by using Madlipz. Madlipz is an application that could be downloaded to the handphone. The application allows students to dub their voices and create their own dialogue or monologue based on the video clips that they chose. With regards to this, this study looks into the use of MadLipz in enhancing students’ proficiency in English. Students who took Oral Communication in English were involved in this study. A mix-method approach has been applied to collect data for the purpose of the study. The findings of this study revealed that not only has MadLipz improved students’ pronunciation in English, but the appli...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effectiveness of Film Review in Enhancing Students’ English Speaking Skills

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

This study highlighted the effectiveness of film review in enhancing English speaking skills amon... more This study highlighted the effectiveness of film review in enhancing English speaking skills among students at the tertiary level. The population involved was 30 students from an Essential Communication Skills class at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. There were two parts of film review carried out for this study, namely, Part 1: Individual Film Review Presentation and Part 2: Group Discussion and 2 weeks prior, the teacher-researcher provided materials such as examples of vocabularies, grammars, phrases and sentences students could use to describe film genres, characters, themes, recommendations and criticisms in their film review. For Part 1 of the film review, in groups of 5, individual students orally presented the review of their chosen film whilst showing their power point slides whereas for Part 2, they gave ideas and opinions on the best film of those presented by their group members. The objective of this study was to identify students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of film re...

Research paper thumbnail of Students’ Online Learning Readiness Amid the Covid 19 Outbreak: McO Phase 1

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

Teaching on digital platforms has now become the trend, and whether it is language apps, virtual ... more Teaching on digital platforms has now become the trend, and whether it is language apps, virtual tutoring, or video conferencing tools, there has been a significant rise in usage since the Covid-19 outbreak. In this regard, the study investigated students’ readiness towards online learning during the Malaysia Movement Control Order (MCO) Phase 1. 120 students were asked to respond to a questionnaire. However, only 98 students had responded to the questionnaire. In general, the finding shows that the students were not fully ready for online learning mainly due to the limited access to the internet, and because of this limitation, they prefer to have downloadable videos and lecture presentation slides that they can access at any time asynchronously. This study has implications on identifying students’ learning needs for the digital language classroom as the base for designing the learning materials.

Research paper thumbnail of Revisiting English Learners' Academic Writing Needs

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

Unlike Malaysian schools that use syllabi issued by the Education Ministry, Malaysia's public... more Unlike Malaysian schools that use syllabi issued by the Education Ministry, Malaysia's public universities have full autonomy of their syllabi. English language courses and curricula in public universities are usually based on the needs of stakeholders; government, community, academicians, learners, and also parents (Avci, Ring, and Mitchelli, 2015). Traditionally, most English language courses focus on learners’ proficiency and aim to equip learners with general, social, academic, and employment language skills. In this century, there is a need to keep up with the learners’ latest needs and requirements which are closely related to technology and globalisation. This present quantitative study attempts to tap into the current needs, perceptions, and views related to academic writing in English of one of the stakeholders in a public university in Malaysia. A group of learners in a public university was given a questionnaire that contained questions related to academic writing and...

Research paper thumbnail of Student Perception in Using Madlipz in an English Oral Communication Classroom: A Case Study in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

The English language is seen as an important medium of communication between people especially in... more The English language is seen as an important medium of communication between people especially in higher institutions in Malaysia and also in the working world. Thus, a lot of effort has been put in to producing students who are competent in communicating effectively in a different social and professional context. One of the ways in enhancing students’ proficiency in English is by using Madlipz. Madlipz is an application that could be downloaded to the handphone. The application allows students to dub their voices and create their own dialogue or monologue based on the video clips that they chose. With regards to this, this study looks into the use of MadLipz in enhancing students’ proficiency in English. Students who took Oral Communication in English were involved in this study. A mix-method approach has been applied to collect data for the purpose of the study. The findings of this study revealed that not only has MadLipz improved students’ pronunciation in English, but the appli...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effectiveness of Film Review in Enhancing Students’ English Speaking Skills

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021

This study highlighted the effectiveness of film review in enhancing English speaking skills amon... more This study highlighted the effectiveness of film review in enhancing English speaking skills among students at the tertiary level. The population involved was 30 students from an Essential Communication Skills class at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. There were two parts of film review carried out for this study, namely, Part 1: Individual Film Review Presentation and Part 2: Group Discussion and 2 weeks prior, the teacher-researcher provided materials such as examples of vocabularies, grammars, phrases and sentences students could use to describe film genres, characters, themes, recommendations and criticisms in their film review. For Part 1 of the film review, in groups of 5, individual students orally presented the review of their chosen film whilst showing their power point slides whereas for Part 2, they gave ideas and opinions on the best film of those presented by their group members. The objective of this study was to identify students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of film re...