This research is a great research effort on the biography and written work by J.M Aziz bin Abdul Rahman, whose real name is Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman. He was active and prominent in writing and producing poems around 1950s and 1990s. This research is implemented by writing and highlighting the background of J.M Aziz and the frequency of his poems being published in the media in chronological order. The research analysis is focused mainly on the human values instilled in his poems obtained from a book titled “Derita Seorang Seniman” which was compiled by Wahba. Among the great human values obtained from his poems are based on the theme of patience, hard work, gratefulness, piousness, goodness, lovingness and responsibility. All those human values are integrated and combined with the concept of integrated thinking system which has four thinking module known as genuine thinking, physical thinking, logical thinking and lateral thinking. The reason why the elaborations on human values.....

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The purpose of this research is to identify the relation between factors and Malays language performance among the form four students. The data were collected through students attitude toward Malays language survey and a special Malays language test that was given to the students. Frequent distribution, mean interpretation score and t-test were used to identify the influences level of the factors over the Malays language performance. Finally the result of the research shows that factors like race and student attitude significantly relate to the Malays language performance among form four students...

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This is a research in the field of Malay traditional poem called Puisi Dikir Laba . The poem is categorized into the dikir or zikir genre which is one of the major general in the Malay traditional poem ( Harun Mat Piah : 1989). This research is done based on the Literature Sociological Theory. To attain sources of information , the researcher made his way to the popular “dikir” location since 1920s until today. The researcher attained his first hand resources from observations and interviews with old and young Dikir Laba experts who are at present active in the field as it was popularized since 1930s. The researcher also take into consideration available resources. The aim of this research is to see the crucial aspect that acknowledge this traditional poem as a unique genre in the Malay community in Kelantan. The aim of the research and discussion are mainly about the concept, the foundation of the poem, the history of its expansion and how it spread about in certain status. The re.....

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The vast contribution of Bahasa Melayu today has achieved the status of being multi purpose suitable for all situations and can adapt to changes according to occasions and requirements. We have to acknowledge the fact that Bahasa Melayu is the language of knowledge. Bahasa Melayu possesses the various forms which stresses the importance of scientific method. Morphology is one of the important studies in Bahasa Melayu. Hence, this study discusses the authenticity of the language corpus as the manifestation of the scientific method in describing the grammar of Bahasa Melayu. This study will analyze the data from the computerized corpus of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka to observe and describe the actual usage of the negative ‘bukan’ and ‘tidak’ among today’s society. Generally, the grammarians of Bahasa Melayu placed the negative ‘bukan’ to negate the nominal phase and the prepositional phrase where as the negative ‘tidak’ is being used to negate the verbal phrase and adjecti.....

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This research entitled ‘Types of Greeting for Language Teaching’ is focused on pronouns and also addressitivity in the Malay Language. Even though, both of them have different functions, the pronouns can sometimes take the place of addressitivity. It happens due to the usage or pronouns is closely related to addressitivity, especially in the Malay Language. Besides that, this research has been carried out thoroughly by using the library and observation methods. Questions are set up carefully to produce accurate results. The main resources for this research are a book entitled ‘Sejarah Melayu’, written by W.G. Shellabear (1896), 10th Edition (1984), speech texts and other materials. The result shows that pronouns and addressitivity have different functions and usage. In an informal situation, the usage or functions of pronouns and addressitivity is not as strict as its usage ini formal situation. Other than that, this research also shows that there are a few differences in the u.....

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This text analysis study focused on the novel Kapten Hassan Wira Bangsa (KHWB) to survey and identify the value content in Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah (KBSM). This novel is published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) in 2000 and penned by Harun Johari, a local author. It was chosen by a committee appointed by Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum (PPK) after serious procedural selection as a text for literature component as it is filled with KBSM values. This novel is a compulsory for teachers and Form 2 students in schools in the northern zone as a part of Bahasa Melayu teaching and learning support. The main purpose of this study is to prove whether KHWB really suits the values in KBSM or otherwise. In reaching that purpose 5 research questions based on study objective are formed. The research questions touch on the form of medium in the novel forming as value channel, the kind of KBSM values carried by the identified medium, the highlighted and unhighlighted values aspect in KBSM an.....

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The purpose of the research is to study the differences in achievement based on gender in UPSR mathematic trial examinations. The items are grouped into 4 groups which are based on the topics of lesson, Bloom cognitive taxonomy levels, diagrams and person names used. The samples consist of year six students which are selected based on their performance which have been categoried into excellent, medium and low. Each category has 100 girls and 100 boys from 100 primary schools in Terengganu. The instrument used was UPSR trial’s examinations, mathematic paper 1 which contains 40 multiple choice items. The t-test (independent samples t-test)were used to test the hypotheses with significant level at 5 %. The results of the study indicated that the groups of items based on the topics of lesson are significant for all categories of achievers. Items based on Bloom cognitive taxonomy levels for the medium group also found to be significant. All groups of items using person’s names and diagr.....

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This is a collaborative study using a partially participatory approach to explore the effectiveness of the inculcating patriotism amongst students through the teaching and learning of history. Five aspects of patriotism present in the history curriculum, namely, proud to be a Malaysian citizen; loyalty to nation, spirit of togetherness, discipline and endeavour were given attention in this study. This study was carried out in three secondary schools in the district of Hulu Selangor. Data was obtained through various means, such as observations of six history lessons conducted by six history teachers with a minimum of three years experience in teaching history, a total of 18 people consisting of six teachers and 12 students were interviewed. The data was subsequently coded and analysed qualitatively. In addition an analysis of the Form 2 KBSM history syllabus and the changes introduced in the year 2000 was done. Data was analysed in the following manner. Observation was done using two f.....

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