Media  sosial  merupakan  trend  terkini  perkembangan  teknologi  komunikasi  yang membolehkan manusia berhubung serta mendapatkan maklumat dalam masa yang singkat  dan  perkembangan   teknologi  ini  dilihat  mempengaruhi  gaya  hidup kita  dari pelbagai  aspek.  Kajian  ini   dijalankan  untuk  mengenal  pasti  pengaruh  media  sosial terhadap  tingkah  laku  penyelewengan   seksual  dalam  kalangan  remaja  Melayu. Seramai  317  orang  pelajar  tingkatan  empat,  lelaki   dan  perempuan  dari  daerah Manjung  Perak  terlibat  dalam  kajian  ini.  Satu  set  soal   selidik  berskala  Likert  yang mengandungi   4   bahagian   dan   terdiri   daripada   45   item    di   gunakan.   Nilai kebolehpercayaan   Alpha   Cronbach   soal   selidik   adalah   0.83.   Data    dianalisis menggunakan  perisian  SPSS  versi  23.  Kajian  ini  mendapati  tahap  penggunaan  media  s.....

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This study aimed to determine the effect of Smart Interactive Whiteboard in the teaching of vocabulary for guided writing within the context of primary education in Perak, Malaysia. It has   two  main  objectives.  First  objective  was  to  investigate  the  effect  of  Smart  Interactive  Whiteboard in the teaching of vocabulary for guided writing among Year 5 pupils.  Second objective   was  to  identify  the  pupils’  views  on  two  teaching  techniques  for  vocabulary learning:   (i)  using  Smart  Interactive  Whiteboard  and  (ii)  using  flashcards,  and  the  factors which  affected their preference of either teaching technique. The mediated mind model based on Vygotsky’s  social view of learning and Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning were  used  as  the   underpinning  theories  in  this  study.  A  quasi-experimental  design  was employed in the study  using pre and post-tests. The instru.....

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Teaching methods play a vital role in the success of teaching and learning in general and in particular, it is pertinent in teaching and learning of Arabic as a forign language. The   purpose  of  this  study  was  to  explore  the  effectiveness  of  the  direct  teaching method on  students’ achievement in Arabic  language in Tong Xin Ningxia College, China. Direct teaching  method used in this study was based on Berlitz theory. A case study methode was used  as the  research design.  For the quantitative part, a total of 100  students  (50  males  and  50   females)  were  selected.  For  the  qualitative  part,  9 participants were selected (9 males and  2 females) were selected. For the qualitative part, 9 participants were selected. The instruments  in this study consisted of a set of questionnaires  and  an  interview  protocol.  The   questionnaire  was  validated  by  the three  experts  in  the  field.  The  quan.....

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Several recent works have shown the efficacy of written corrective feedback (WCF) as a method in improving ESL/EFL learners’ grammatical accuracy. Using a quasiexperimental design, this study aims at investigating the effect of metalinguistic explanation (ME) corrective feedback as a form focused instruction on Iranian high school students’ use of the hypothetical conditional in their writing. Fifty high school students were given the Oxford placement test. Based on the results, 34 of them were chosen to be homogenous in terms of language proficiency. The students were then randomly assigned to two groups, one experimental and one control group. The experimental group received the treatment (ME) after each guided writing practice but the control group did not. The results of independent samples t-test showed that students in the experimental group significantly outperformed students in the other group in the accurate use of the grammatical feature. The findings have some implicatio.....

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The indigenous Orang Asli in Malaysia who do not use English on a daily basis consequently have low English proficiency and poor writing skills. Their existing EFL situation coupled with the ongoing problems in gaining access to proper education further stifles their language development. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the genre approach in improving secondary Orang Asli EFL students’ descriptive writing, and their perceptions of using the genre approach as a framework to overcome challenges in learning descriptive writing. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in a secondary school in Pahang, Malaysia. Quantitative data is sourced from students’ pre-test and post-test scores, and also a self-report questionnaire on their perceptions towards the genre approach. The approach shows evidence of improvement in students’ descriptive writing and could have a larger effect than the process approach currently taught in schools. Their perception towards the approach.....

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Based on Freudian psychoanalytic concepts: sexuality, the unconscious, the tripartite psyche and defence mechanisms, this study investigates the relationship between the personal life of the American playwright, Edward Albee and his selected plays, namely Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Ballad of the Sad Café, A Delicate Balance and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? It exposes how Albee sublimates his sufferings and reveals his life via his dramatic works. The study also shows the traumatic experiences which Albee undergoes during his childhood, a matter that affects his behaviour and actions and leaves a deep scar on his own psyche. Besides, it displays how the author sketches his fictional characters to express his unconscious mind, bruised ego and troubled childhood. Further, the study exposes the defence mechanism the playwright takes up to legitimize his suppressed wishes and undesirable impulses. The aforementioned plays are selected because they are autobiographical and self-r.....

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This paper presents a systematic review of relevant published studies on teaching of writing strategies in developing ESL learners’ writing skills from year 2000 to 2020. This systematic review attempts to address two research questions, i.e what writing strategies should be taught to primary ESL learners to improve their writing skills and how to plan effective writing strategies for developing writing skills. Twenty studies were systematically reviewed and revealed that there are 5 approaches in the teaching of writing strategy namely as product based, process based, post process, genre based and process genre based. Besides that, scaffolding technique along with the usage of visual through picture technique and brainstorming stage are among the activities. The findings of this study also indicates that selecting of approaches should consider the needs and proficiency level of the learners. Teachers are suggested to integrate more than one approach in order to fulfill the learnersâ.....

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The purpose of this study was to determine simultaneously of bisphenol A and uric acid by  zinc/aluminium-layered double hydroxide 2(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate paste electrode. The  morphology of the electrode materials was  performed by using scanning    electron    microscopy     and    transmission    electron    microscopy.    The electrochemical performance of modified paste  electrode was studied by using cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry, electrochemical  impedance spectroscopy and chronocoulometry.  Special  importance  effecting  sensitivity  and   selectivity  of  the modified electrode must evaluated via optimization conditions which include  effect of modifier composition percentage (15%), types of supporting electrolyte (PBS), pH of  electrolyte  (6.0)  and  square  wave  voltammetry  parameters  that  encompassed  of frequency  (180Hz), pulse size (80mV) and step increment (7mV). The square wave voltammetry .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan kesan arahan tumpuan terhadap aktiviti otot dan prestasi senaman squat. Seramai 36 orang pelajar perempuan universiti awam telah menyertai  kajian  ini  dan dibahagikan  secara  rawak  kepada  tiga  kumpulan,  iaitu  12 orang bagi setiap kumpulan. Tiga kumpulan tersebut adalah arahan tumpuan dalaman (TD), tumpuan luaran (TL) dan kawalan. Arahan yang diberikan kepada kumpulan TL adalah  membayangkan  seperti  duduk  di  atas  kerusi  manakala  kumpulan  TD  diarah untuk   menumpukan   kepada   pergerakan   dan kedudukan   anggota   tubuh  badan. Elektromiografi  (EMG)  digunakan  untuk  mengukur  aktiviti  otot  semasa  melakukan senaman  squat  manakala  tapisan  pergerakan  Movement  Competency Screen  (MCS) pula digunakan sebagai kriteria untuk mengukur prestasi perlakuan teknik squat yang betul.  Tempoh  intervensi  dijalankan  selama  enam  minggu.  ANOVA  3  kumpulan (arahan T.....

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This paper explores a psychological reading of W. Somerset Maugham’s first novel Liza of Lambeth based on Melanie Klein’s notions of object relations theory. Maugham’s works illustrate the simple life of people who are woven to their destructive ways of living and depict their symptomatic relationships. These sorts of self-damaging and wrong objects selections are the consequences of incomplete childhood prototypes with parents which are influential throughout these people’s lifespan. In Klein’s term these may be the result of projective identification and depressive position. Although Maugham attempts to show his protagonists as successful people, they always choose the wrong partners for their relationships. On the surface this is not a problem for them, but in the deeper layers it shows itself as the main issue for characters to prevent them from gaining the love-life they deserve. This study analyses the effect of object relations in Maugham’s main character’s relatio.....

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