The study explained English learners' pragmatics development, learners' pragmatic competence inselected speech act, and usage of request as a one of speech acts that it used in gaining pragmatic ability. The studywas offered by a public curriculum lead that prioritizes the necessity for English students to develop their ability to use request effectively in cultural communication. The study aimed to explain differences in the usage of request among Iraqi male and female undergraduate EFL students. Furthermore, most English students fail to present pragmatic ability on how to use request by relating utterances to their meanings, knowing the intention of language users, and how requests are employed in specific locations. There is growing material of researches on pragmatic ability and differences in the usage of request among male and female students for EFL schoolroom teaching. However, researchers have pointed to focus on the traditional methods rather than how English students requir.....

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The study attempted to explain the pragmatic competence and the role of teaching pragmatic through using activities-based teaching function of language in EFL context. The study was presented by a public curriculum lead that prioritizes the necessity for English teachers focused on activities when they teach pragmatic aspects in an academic communications. The study aimed to clarify the vital role of activity-based teaching pragmatic on improving students' communicative function of language among Iraqi EFL learners. Besides, most English learners fail to present pragmatic ability on how to use request, apology by relating expressions to their meanings, knowing the intention of language users. There is growing of studies on the value of activities-based teaching language on increasing students’ pragmatic and function of language in EFL teaching  ..

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti dua perkara utama iaitu pengetahuan serta keperluan istilah bahasa Arab di kalangan pelanggan di institusi perbankan. Kajian ini dijalankan terhadap 110 orang responden dalam kalangan pelanggan institusi perbankan di Kuala Kangsar. Kajian ini menggunakan borang soal selidik yang diberikan kepada responden dengan dipecahkan kepada 3 bahagian utama iaitu melihat kepada latar belakang responden, pengetahuan dan pemahaman bahasa Arab dan istilahnya serta keperluan bahasa Arab untuk urusan muamalat. Kajian ini menggunakan statistik kekerapan dan peratusan. Hasil analisis mendapati 71.8% pelanggan di institusi perbankan tidak bersetuju menggunakan bahasa Arab dalam urusan harian disebabkan faktor sekeliling yang tidak membantu. Dapatan juga menunjukkan 53.7% bersetuju dan 21.8% sangat bersetuju bahawa satu modul bahasa Arab bagi meningkatkan kefahaman pelanggan di institusi perbankan perlu dibangunkan. Oleh yang demikian, usaha bagi memperluaskan pen.....

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Muamalah dan proses jual beli amat berkait rapat dengan penggunaan laras bahasa yang betul. Oleh yang demikian kajian ini cuba untuk meneroka ciri-ciri unit akademik yang sesuai digunakan dalam sesi pengajaran dan pembelajaran Bahasa Arab untuk pegawai shariah yang berkhidmat di bank-bank Islam di Malaysia. Data temu bual diproses dan dianalisis mengikut tema (Madison, 2005). Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa kursus bahasa Arab untuk pegawai Shariah diperlukan mengikut piawaian dan keperluan pekerjaan mereka. Penekanan terhadap kemahiran membaca dan menulis serta beberapa aspek bahasa lain dapat menjadi panduan awal kepada para pembina modul dan tenaga pengajar dalam merancang dan membina sukatan kursus bahasa Arab untuk tujuan khusus yang bersesuaian dengan garis panduan Pendidikan 4.0.  ..

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Resilient economic development is supported by each and every people as a whole. To deal with disasters, we should not act alone. Readiness is one part of the process of disaster management and natural disasters that disrupt the living system. The study was conducted to measure the level of readiness for emergencies and disasters among youth (eg:high learning students) and to develop items for factors that influence students' ability to serve in disaster areas. To achieve the following objectives, two analyses were conducted: the first analysis was the comparison of mean scores and the second analysis was the factor analysis involving four factors, physical factors, university management factors, financial factors and personal factors. This study uses questionnaire and online form to collect data from respondents. A total of 120 respondents from three higher learning in Malaysia – Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and University of Technology .....

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Penyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji penggunaan kaedah Teater Membaca serta impaknya terhadap pengajaran dan pemudahcaraan (PdPc) di dalam bilik darjah. Objektif kajian ini adalah menganalisis keberkesanan PdPc drama melalui kaedah Teater Membaca. Data kajian menggunakan naskhah drama Tingkatan Dua yang bertajuk Hemodialisis. Data lain disokong dengan kajian kes terhadap pelajar Tingkatan Dua Agama Satu (2A1) dan Tingkatan Dua Agama Dua (2A2) di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato’ Syed Ahmad, Kuala Nerang, Kedah. Data-data penyelidikan yang bersifat kualitatif dianalisis menerusi pembinaan instrumen senarai semak pencerapan PdPc, temu bual tidak berstruktur dan soal selidik. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa penggunaan kaedah Teater Membaca memberi impak yang positif dalam aspek pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Selain itu, kaedah ini dapat menarik minat pelajar tanpa terikat dan tidak memberi tekanan kepada pelajar. Hasil kajian menunjukkan kaedah Teater Membaca sesuai digunakan sebagai m.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti manfaat rangkuman kewangan (ketercapaian kemudahan kewangan, penggunaan akaun simpanan, dan penggunaan kemudahan kredit) terhadap prestasi perniagaan mikro di negeri Terengganu. Reka bentuk penyelidikan kuantitatif dipilih untuk menjawab dua hipotesis kajian. Tiga pembolehubah digunakan untuk mengukur manfaat rangkuman kewangan iaitu ketercapaian kemudahan kewangan, penggunaan akaun simpanan, dan penggunaan kemudahan kredit. Manakala dua pembolehubah lain digunakan untuk mengukur prestasi perniagaan mikro iaitu pulangan modal dan pulangan jualan. Kajian ini melibatkan 350 responden yang mewakili pertubuhan perniagaan mikro di sekitar negeri Terengganu. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan kewujudan manfaat rangkuman kewangan antara penggunaan akaun simpanan dan pulangan jualan. Ini membuktikan bahawa responden lebih memilih peningkatan prestasi jangka masa pendek kerana mereka mendapatkan pulangan jualan tanpa mengambil kira pulangan modal yang merupakan.....

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This study examined short run and long run relationship between endogenous and exogenous variables. Specifically, it studied the relationship between real export, real import, labor force participation and real effective exchange rate (REER) and real GDP in Malaysia from 1988 to 2017. These variables were tested in various tests, namely, unit root test, granger causality test, vector autoregressive (VAR), Johansen Juselius test and Error Correction Term (ECT). The result revealed that all variables were non-stationary at the level form and stationary at first difference in ADF unit root test. The findings also exhibited the existence of bilateral relationships between real export and real GDP, real import and real GDP, as well as labor and real GDP. Nonetheless, there were no relationship found between REER and real GDP. On the other hand, in VAR, the lag optimum was lag 10 because it indicated the smallest value of AIC. Moreover, for Johansen Juselius cointegration test, it showed two.....

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Waqf continues to be a significant source for developing the Muslim community today. Waqf institutions thus need to ensure their unceasing effectiveness in managing Waqf funds so as to establish a Muslim economy that is more vibrant, progressive and inclusive. The improved performance of the institution, which can be achieved by improving public trust, will in turn lead to social improvements as well. To ensure that a Waqf institution remains competitive, it is crucial to identify its core competencies in terms of leadership styles and roles which allow it to establish a productive working environment. Therefore, the institution’s leader plays a major role in ensuring management effectiveness. This paper reviews several literatures on the management effectiveness of Waqf institutions and proposes viable leadership communication styles for the institutions. It has been suggested that clear, regular and constant communication is necessary for the growth and effectiveness of any institu.....

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The objective of this study was to investigate the difference between the children’s solfege singing with playing musical glasses skills in terms of the diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm between the treatment group and the control group. The solfege notation selected and evaluated in this study encompasses (i) so mi and (ii) so mi la. The duration of this study is two weeks. Fifty children from two preschools were selected as the respondents in this study. This study adopts the quasiexperimental design with one treatment group and one control group of twenty five children, respectively. The treatment group sang and playing musical glasses, while the control group sang without playing musical glasses. The study finding shows that the Kodaly teaching method applying playing musical glasses is more effective to increase the skills in diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm if compared to the teaching method without playing musical glasses. Solfege singing with playing musical glasses in Kod.....

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