Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangun dan menguji kebolehgunaan manual fasilitator iaitu Bio-PAL Handbook: Coordination sebagai alternatif untuk meningkatkan kompetensi fasilitator dalam mengendalikan sesi Peer Assisted Learning (PAL). Manual ini dibangunkan untuk fasilitator kursus Biologi bagi topik Koordinasi bagi Program Matrikulasi. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk Kajian Pembangunan berpandukan Model ADDIE. Nilai kesahan ditentukan melalui indeks kesahan kandungan (CVI) dan kaedah peratusan. Nilai kebolehpercayaan manual pula diperolehi melalui kajian rintis yang dijalankan ke atas 30 orang responden. Seramai 52 orang fasilitator PAL Biologi terlibat dalam kajian sebenar bagi menguji kebolehgunaan manual yang dibangunkan. Kajian mendapati nilai CVI bagi item I-CVI dan S-CVI kedua-duanya adalah menghampiri 1.00 dengan nilai peratusan iaitu 94.5%. Nilai ini menunjukkan kesahan yang sangat baik bagi Bio-PAL Handbook: Coordination. Kebolehpercayaan Bio-PAL Handbook: Coor.....

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Saranan daripada kerajaan untuk sentiasa kekal berada di rumah (Just stay at home) bagi mengekang penularan jangkitan pandemik COVID-19 dalam tempoh beberapa bulan menjadi satu titik tolak kepada lahirnya karyakarya sastera khususnya puisi tentang COVID-19 di Malaysia. Puisi-puisi ini bukan sahaja ditulis oleh golongan pengarang yang berkecimpung dalam bidang kesusasteraan, tetapi juga ditulis oleh golongan masyarakat yang cukup terkesan dengan pandemik ini. Justeru, makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti isu-isu tentang pandemik COVID-19 dan menganalisis impak pandemik ini terhadap kehidupan manusia sebagaimana yang tergambar dalam kumpulan puisi atau antologi puisi tentang COVID-19 yang terbit pada tahun 2020. Kajian ini ialah kajian kualitatif yang melibatkan kaedah kepustakaan, analisis kandungan dan analisis deskriptif terhadap kumpulan puisi/antologi puisi tentang COVID-19. Hasil kajian mendapati, isu-isu tentang COVID-19 telah mendapat tempat dalam kalangan penyair dan masya.....

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Satu daripada aspek bahasa yang penting dibincangkan dalam penelitian sesebuah wacana ialah daya ujaran. Daya ujaran bukan sekadar dikaitkan dengan unsur tekstual dalam teks ataupun penyampaian mesej secara berkesan tetapi lebih daripada itu. Daripada perspektif analisis wacana, daya ujaran dikaitkan fungsi ujaran yang membentuk sesebuah wacana. Bertepatan dengan wacana perutusan, penggemblengan daya ujaran oleh pewacana menggambarkan hasrat, sikap, dan tindakan beliau selaku Perdana Menteri Malaysia dalam usaha menangani pandemik COVID-19 yang melanda negara. Sehubungan dengan itu, makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti daya ujaran yang wujud dalam perutusan khas Perdana Menteri mengenai COVID-19. Selain itu, kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk menganalisis daya ujaran sebagai suatu bentuk penyampaian mesej dalam perutusan khas Perdana Menteri mengenai COVID-19. Kaedah kajian yang diterapkan dalam penelitian aspek daya ujaran ini ialah analisis tekstual. Dengan berpandukan konsep daya.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan menjelaskan penggunaan eufemisme dan disfemisme dalam komunikasi berdasarkan Prinsip Kesantunan Leech (1993). Kajian ini merupakan suatu tinjauan yang menggunakan kaedah kualitatif. Proses pengumpulan data melibatkan dua kaedah, iaitu kaedah kepustakaan dan pemerhatian dengan bantuan instrumen seperti buku catatan, alat perakam dan borang maklum balas. Responden kajian merupakan 30 orang pelajar tingkatan 1 Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato’ Haji Kamaruddin, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor. Hasil kajian menunjukkan pelajar mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai eufemisme dan disfemisme, serta boleh menggunakannya mengikut situasi tertentu. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan terdapat dua maksim yang dominan yang digunakan oleh pelajar iaitu maksim penghargaan dan maksim kerendahan hati. Dari segi implikasi, kajian ini bertujuan mengetengahkan kepentingan penggunaan bahasa yang santun ketika berkomunikasi.  ..

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The paper is about the effectiveness of using WhatsApp in teaching and learning Bahasa Malaysia as a foreign language to international students at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Engineering Campus especially during pandemic Covid-19 issues. An experimental teaching approach is adopted in teaching language at USM Engineering Campus, involving Bahasa Malaysia language course. The research is on how students are able to learn more effectively by using WhatsApp in online learning, in order to develop their language proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia as a foreign language will be described. Experience from the experimental teaching and learning approach through “FUN WITH LANGUAGE IN ONLINE CLASS- through WhatsApp” provides valuable information on how students react towards WhatsApp application and how do they acquire their language skills through language learning activities.  ..

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Various educators and scholars have carried out the studies and research on Teacher Leadership for the last two decades. Findings have significantly shown that the teacher as a leader hold the key in improving the school administration and the students. Teachers are the closest persons, next to the parents, who are the motivator, the advisor, the knowledge giver and caregiver to the students. Teachers are the source in developing and creating the teaching and learning process to be a productive and effective environment. Teachers as leaders encourage their own development and that of their colleagues. They collaborate with other teachers and share their experience to enhance their skills in teaching and in administrative work. This article describes Teacher Leadership as one of the leading factors in increasing the school and students’ performance.  ..

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The Islamic capital market operates in parallel with convention capital market in expanding, deepening, and broadening Malaysia financial system. The Islamic Real Estate Investment Trust (Islamic REIT) serves as an alternative Islamic investment instrument to sukuk and shariah compliant stock, which observes Islamic REIT experiencing a significant growth and demand in portfolio property value and Islamic market capitalization. The attractiveness of Islamic REIT has made it to become one of the common real estate investments apart from the physical property investment with a long-term and cheaper capital for property ownership. Likewise, the continual expansion of the Islamic REIT market in Malaysia is making great financial motivation that expands the investment spectrum. Therefore, the need to review the Malaysia Islamic REIT framework to thrive and revitalize structures conforms to the shariah laws and the guideline issued by security commission of Malaysia. This inevitably means the.....

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This study is conducted to identify the relationship between teachers’ professional learning and teachers’ commitment and to identify the most dominant dimension of teachers’ professional learning that influences national secondary school teachers’ commitment. Survey method was used in this study with questionnaire as the instrument of the study. 506 teachers from 20 schools in Penang state were involved as respondents in this study. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used in the study. Frequency and percentage were used for descriptive statistics meanwhile Pearson Correlation and Stepwise Multiple Regression were used for inferential statistical analysis. The findings show that there is significant, positive and strong relationship between teachers’ professional learning and teachers’ commitment. Furthermore, reflection and collaboration are the dominant dimensions of teachers’ professional learning that influence teachers’ commitment in Penang stat.....

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the existence of cycle relationship between ESG disclosure and financial performance of listed companies in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The secondary data of total 140 companies was extracted from Bloomberg database for period 2011 to 2016. The ESG disclosure of corporate is represented by ESG disclosure score, while earnings per share (EPS) is used to measure the corporate financial performance (CFP). Two years lag effect was assumed in this study to test how CFP in period 1 (2011-2012) influences ESG disclosure score in period 2 (2012-2014), and how period 2 ESG disclosure score affects the subsequent CFP, which is defined as CFP in period 3 (2015-2016). The empirical results of this study found significant positive (negative) cyclic relationship for Malaysian (Singaporean) companies, while no significant cyclic relationship is found for companies in Thailand. The findings suggest that only Malaysian companies gain the financial appr.....

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The prevalence of social, economic and environmental issues and problems around the world seems to surpass what the traditional entrepreneurship education could handle. Hence, the emergence of social entrepreneurship education as a complement to the traditional entrepreneurship education and empowerment for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs 2030). Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the social entrepreneurship awareness and orientation of Business Education students in tertiary institutions to ensure their empowerment for realizing the Sustainable Development of the Nigerian economy. The study raised and answered two related research questions and also formulated and tested three relevant research hypotheses. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all final-year Business Education students in public universities and public colleges of education in Lagos State, Nigeria. The sample size for th.....

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