Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis wacana dalam penulisan karangan murid bahasa kedua berlandaskan Teori Sistemik Fungsional, Pendekatan Hipertema dan Makrotema. Sebanyak 91 buah karangan murid bahasa kedua telah dianalisis melibatkan 2013 ayat dan 501 perenggan dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis kandungan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa pengaplikasian Tema Ideasional dalam unit perenggan pendahuluan, isi dan kesimpulan melibatkan proses-perihal, proseslakuan, manakala pemanfaatan unsur keadaan-lokasi dan keadaan-peranan lebih diutamakan dalam unit pendahuluan tetapi unsur keadaan-lingkungan dan keadaan sebab melibatkan unit isi dan kesimpulan. Seterusnya, pemanfaatan Tema Interpersonal, bagi unit pendahuluan melibatkan aplikasi unsur kata tanya, unit isi dan kesimpulan pula melibatkan unsur komen. Strategi Tekstual bagi unit pendahuluan melibatkan pemanfaatan unsur penghubung tambahan, unit isi melibatkan pemanfataan unsur penghubung musabab dan unit kesimpulan melibatkan pe.....

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This research project investigated the value on interpersonal communication of social media through the aesthetic of display within Facebook activities. The concept manifests a sense of interconnection, interpretation and manipulation toward freedom of creative communication. The research project focused on vast aspirations and interactions of experiences through overloading information in our contemporary life in through cyber space. The key elements in the research consist of people emotion, sensation, behavioral pattern, manipulation in social interaction. The key artists within the research project are Kurt Shwitters, Barbara Kruger, Lilian Schwartz, Laurence Gartel, Tomako Sawada, Robert Silver and Ismail Zain. The reference of artworks carried out a suggestion on how the digital system with the presence of active participants involvement had been projected and developed to a new digital phenomena through various issues such as freedom of voice, communication without boundries, an.....

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The purpose of the study was to explore the cognitive representations of the six struggling EFL readers studying at a private university in Malaysia to obtain a rich description of their lived experience. To this end, a qualitative research design was selected to answer a central research question and four sub-questions. Using the transcendental phenomenological approach, the research instruments included the researcher as the primary human instrument, the research participants who were the co-researchers, a research assistant, a reading strategies questionnaire, a motivation for reading questionnaire, as well as participants’ drawings. A group of six EFL students, who struggled with reading academic texts in their respective content areas of study at a private university, were selected by purposeful sampling. Data analysis showed that the struggling readers had reading difficulties and struggled to cope with unfamiliar and difficult content area texts, saw the benefits of group read.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan kepimpinan instruksional (KI), budaya organisasi (BO) dan organisasi pembelajaran (OP) di sekolah rendah berprestasi tinggi (SBT) di zon utara Semenanjung Malaysia untuk menangani isu kegagalan sekolah berfungsi sebagai sekolah cemerlang. Perbandingan antara Sekolah Kebangsaan Berprestasi Tinggi (SKBT) dengan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Berprestasi Tinggi (SJKCBT) terhadap KI guru besar, BO, dan ciri-ciri OP turut dikaji. Kajian yang berbentuk kuantitatif deskriptif ini dilakukan secara tinjauan dengan menggunakan soal selidik yang diubahsuai daripada instrumen-instrumen Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale, Organizational Culture Index, dan Middle School Teacher Survey. Seramai 286 orang guru telah dipilih secara rawak berstrata daripada 14 buah SBT dari empat buah negeri di zon utara Semenanjung Malaysia (Perak, Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Perlis). Data dikumpul dan dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif (peratus, min, .....

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Tujuan utama kajian ini ialah untuk membina model struktur Budaya Sekolah (BS), Komuniti Pembelajaran Profesional (KPP) dan Kompetensi Kerja Guru (KKG). Pendekatan kuantitatif bersama reka bentuk tinjauan telah digunakan dalam kajian ini melibatkan 450 orang guru sekolah kebangsaan di Malaysia. Analisis Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) digunakan untuk menguji model, menganalisis faktor pengesahan dan menganalisis kesepadanan dan membangunkan model. Soal selidik School Cultural Elements Questionnaire (SCEQ) telah digunakan untuk BS, manakala Professional Learning Community Assessment (PLC-A) untuk KPP, dan modifikasi Penilaian Bersepadu Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan (PBPPP) untuk KKG. Dapatan kajian menemui analisis faktor penerokaan BS dibentuk oleh lima faktor iaitu; kepimpinan transformasi, berkongsi perancangan, nilai profesional, kolaborasi, dan penekanan pembelajaran. KPP pula dibentuk oleh lima faktor iaitu; perkongsian nilai visi, perkongsian sokongan kepimpinan, pembelajara.....

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The purpose of this research is to study the ionic conductivities of gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) and composite solid polymer electrolytes (CSPEs) for tin-air battery application based on polyacrylamide as host polymer. Methanesulfonic acid and p-toluenesulfonic acid were used as additives. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used to measure the ionic conductivities of the samples by using the bulk electrolyte resistance values (Rb). The FTIR spectra were analyzed to describe the mechanism involved in the proton transfer within the membranes by referring to the characteristic shifts of the absorbance bands of C=O and N-H2. Tin-air batteries, with a configuration of Sn(anode)/GPE/ air(cathode) were fabricated to study the electrochemical properties of the GPEs. The batteries were discharged at various constant of current densities. The results showed that the maximum ionic conductivities of 7.0 x 10-1 S/cm and 9.34 x 10-1 S/cm were obtained for GPEs at a loading of 3.0 M.....

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This study explores the effect of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) module instructions within the context of higher education in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study is to test the effect of new ESP course module instructions. A quasiexperimental research design has been employed in the study as the main method of inquiry. In addition to quantitative data, qualitative data have also been gathered to support the findings and the triangulation of data. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires, pre and posttest. Qualitative data was gathered through open ended questionnaires and semi structured interviews. The samples were 60 undergraduates of the Faculty of Business Studies and Finance from a university in Sri Lanka. The findings of the ESP course module practice provide valuable insights in designing effective ESP curriculums to meet the learners‘ needs. Integration of skills, matching grammar with content discourse, identifying micro and critical practical learn.....

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The purpose of this study is to explore workplace spirituality, learning organization practices and organizational commitment among medical doctors in Karachi, Pakistan. The study determines the level of these practices with a detailed insight on if the practices differ among medical doctors in public and private sector hospitals. This study further investigates the direct relationship of workplace spirituality and learning organization practices with the affective, continuance and normative forms of organizational commitment. The study entails a non-experimental research design and a quantitative approach towards data collection and analysis. A field survey method was used to collect the primary data from medical doctors working in teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 364 questionnaires were equally distributed among public and private sector teaching hospitals. However, a set of 261 was used for final analysis. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Mann–.....

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Ancaman keselamatan merupakan antara perkara yang penting dan menjadi indikator terhadap penglibatan masyarakat dan individu dalam aktiviti sukan dan rekreasi. Melalui beberapa kajian yang dijalankan di negara ini, menjelaskan bahawa setakat dan sehingga hari ini masih lagi belum ada model pengurusan risiko yang khusus yang dikeluarkan oleh pihak kementerian, sekolah, tenaga pengajar dan pensyarah sukan yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan risiko dalam aktiviti sukan dan rekreasi. Mereka hanya menggunakan pengalaman yang sedia ada berdasarkan pembacaan dalam melaksanakan pengurusan fisiko. Kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti tahap amalan pengurusan risiko kemudahan sukan dan rekreasi yang diuruskan oleh Kompleks Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Negeri (IBS) dan Kompleks Rakan Muda (KRM) di Malaysia. Pemilihan sampel daripada populasi adalah berjumlah (N=31) dengan perincian IBS (N= 15) dan KRM (N= 16) telah terlibat dalam kajian ini. Kaedah statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensi.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji bentuk amalan gaya keibubapaan dalam konteks masyarakat Acheh dan hubungannya dengan estim kendiri, efikasi kendiri dan kesediaan afektif pelajar. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini juga mengkaji peranan faktor demografi terhadap pembolehubah-pembolehubah tersebut. Selanjutnya, kajian ini juga mengkaji apakah faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kesediaan afektif dalam pembelajaran pelajar-pelajar ini. Justeru, kaedah tinjauan telah dipilih sebagai reka bentuk kajian ini. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 368 orang pelajar berumur antara 13 hingga 15 tahun di Bandar Lhokseumawe. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Soal Selidik Gaya Keibubapaan, Soal Selidik Estim Kendiri, Soal Selidik Efikasi Kendiri dan Soal Selidik Kesediaan Afektif dalam pembelajaran. Data kajian ini dianalisis menggunakan kaedah korelasi Moment Pearson, ujian-t, ANOVA satu hala dan regresi berganda. Keputusan analisis deskriptif menunjukkan gaya keibubapaan autoritatif adalah amalan yang lazim dalam.....

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