The objective of this study is to examine the effects of semantic mapping on the reading comprehension of scientific texts among Matriculation college students. This study sought to determine if there are any benefits in instructing Matriculation students to use semantic mapping as means of improving their comprehension of information in scientific texts. The sample consisted of 60 Matriculation students in two different Biology Science classes from Perak Matriculation College (KMPk). One class was assigned as the experimental group, while the other class as the control group. Both experimental and control groups were given the pretest and posttest. The experimental group received the semantic mapping training while the control group did not receive any special training except for normal learning sessions. The 60 students chosen for this study were those considered to be above average in English proficiency as determined by the results of the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) 20.....

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The uses of learning materials and learning styles are among the domineering factors in shaping the students’ best achievements in examinations. This research was carried out with the purpose to find out the types of learning materials and learning styles used among the non - Malay students. 60 non-Malay form four students, taken from two schools in the Lipis District, Pahang were selected to be the samples. The information was gathered through questionnaires and interviews. A few methods have been selected to analyze the data. The methods used are frequency statistics, percentage, correlation, and one way ANOVA. The findings of this research shows that, there is a significant relation between the frequent uses of Bahasa Melayu reading materials, academic and non-academic magazines and also the frequent reading of additional reading materials related to Bahasa Melayu subject, towards the increasing of achievement for Bahasa Melayu subject in their previous form four examination. The .....

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This research uses the survey technique with regards to form 5 students’ mastery, attitude and views on Malay idiomatic phrases in two schools in the distict of Raub, Pahang. 60 students of different gender, race and location (address) were used on research samples. Two instruments were used to measure students mastery of Malay idiomatic expression i.e questionaires and 24 questions in the form of questions from idioms, sayings, similes and proverbs. The data obtained from the study will be processed using ‘Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences’ version 10.0 an analysis software. Based on the analysis of the form 5 bahasa Melayu text book, there are 39 idiomatic expressions. The results of the research too shows that, many students like learning idiomatic expressions but many do not tend to use them in conversations. According to the variant and mastery of learning expressions, it is found that there was no stark significance in terms of gender in the sample students. Howe.....

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The purpose of this study was to examine the Form 5 students' experiences using their cognitive abilities in learning Biology accordance with the Paper 1 (Objective), Paper 2 (Structured & Essay), and Paper 3 (Written Practical). This study employed Hermeneutics pedagogic method, i. e the method that deals with text interpretation to understand the text. The distribution ofresearch questionnaires was employed randomly to 57 of Form 5 science stream students in 2 different schools in Taiping. The Hermeneutics pedagogic method was used in order to interpret the students' written texts on the students' cognitive abilities of learning Biology and categorized the cognitive abilities into a few main learning ways for the 3 papers. The findings of the study indicated that the main learning ways for acquire the knowledge ofBiologyfor Paper 1 (Objective), Paper 2 (Structured & Essay), and Paper 3 (Written Practical) were answering techniques, i. e. provide answer points based on marks allocated.....

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The SPM 2003 report and the national analysis on the MUET writing component indicated that pre university students who sat for the English paper did not fare well in Paper Four, the extended writing section. This illustrated that the majority of the candidates had yet to master the writing skills in English. Based on the reports above, the purpose of this study was to overcome the problem before hand by implementing a series of writing activities that incorporates selected metacognitive strategies that covered the areas of planning, monitoring, adapting and evaluating learning and learning outcomes. This study adopted the two-group, pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, whereby a total of seventy pre-university students from a rural based secondary school in Sungkai, Perak were chosen as samples. As this study looked at the MUET Paper Four achievements, the research instrument used in this study was the October 2003 MUET Paper Four writing component. This question was chosen as i.....

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The problem of low achievement in English among students is an issue in the educational issue in the UPSR, PMR and SPM examinations. If more attention is not given to this problem, it could affect the attainment of the National Philosophy of Education and Vision 2020. Therefore great effort should be made to overcome this problem. The main purpose of this study was to find out whether the implementation of collaborative writing in the classroom would enhance students’ writing skill. This study was carried out on 60 form three students of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Gedangsa, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor Darul Ehsan. The theories underlying this study were Vygtosky’s Social-Cognitive theory, Piaget’s theory on Cognitive Conflict and Swain’s Output hypothesis. The method used was quasi-experimental. The findings of this study indicated that the subjects in the experimental group who wrote collaboratively improved in their mean scores for post-test by 7.47 as compared to the control.....

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Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kejayaan dan kegagalan usahawan wanita bagi dua buah daerah di Negeri Kelantan. Kajian ini juga meneliti masalah yang dihadapi oleh usahawan wanita semasa mengendalikan perniagaan mereka. Reka bentuk kajian ialah kajian kuantitatif di mana maklumat dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan soal selidik. Sampel adalah terdiri daripada 60 orang wan ita yang terlibat dalam aktiviti keusahawanan di Kota Bharu dan Tanah Merah. Data yang diperolehi telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan program Statistical Packages For Social Sciences (SPSS) 17.0 untuk mendapatkan maklumat kekerapan, peratusan dan min. Dalam kajian ini, Analisis Faktor digunakan untuk mendapatkan data yang lebih terperinci mengenai faktor kejayaan dan kegagalan usahawan wanita. Kajian menunjukkan terdapat lima faktor yang mempengaruhi kejayaan dan kegagalan usahawan wanita iaitu faktor sikap, strategik perniagaan, pengurusan perniagaan, kemahiran atau pengetah.....

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This study intended to clarify whether there are significant relationships between the job satisfaction of the English Language teachers in Perak Tengah district toward the selected variables with respect to type of school and respondents’ gender or sex. A questionnaire that was modified from Dr. Patricia Cain Smith’s Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and the Likert-type scale were used to collect the data for this study. This study involved ten respondents from two different schools in Perak Tengah district, and they were SMK Iskandar Shah, Parit, and SMK Sultan Muhammad Shah, Parit. The results of this study showed that hypothesis null could not be rejected, that is there is no statistical significant difference in the English language teachers’ job satisfaction between respondents’ gender and types of school. The findings showed that most English language teachers were unsure about their present job, income and BISP allowance, facilities, and Malaysian Remuneration System. Only gr.....

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This study aims to study how the value derived from the source Islam, the environment and the content of the syllabus Secondary Schools. Sources of value Islam is the Quran and the Hadith. Source environment, proverbs, customs Malay customs and culture . While resources values ??KBSM syllabus is of consensus Moral of the Special Committee was established in 1976 . A study on how the applied in the teaching and learning of Malay Language . The information obtained were analyzed and described to answer the research questions were available. As a result, the findings show the values ??derived from Islam and environmental resources suitable for use in teaching and learning Malay. However , only seventeen ( 17 ) the only listed in the syllabus values ??Secondary Schools. In this regard , the researcher make the structure of categorization values ??for KBSM syllabus bring the results of the theories discussed. At the end of the study, researchers propose teaching techniques and the applicati.....

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This research has been undertaken to ascertain the extent of the effects in making Malay language as the national language. The effects concern the continued flourishing or the eventral demise of the minor languages especially the Tamil language in Malaysia. The focus of this study is to trace the situations and the contributions of various parties in strengthening the continued use of the Tamil language. The study undertaken is descriptive in nature and it employs observation and reflection to reach a final conclusion. Information will therefore be gathered through observation, study of relevant literature on the subject and through personal interviews with relevant authorities in the field. To achieve comprehensiveness, the researcher will attempt to penetrate and understand each and every recommendation contained in the National Language Policy which includes The Barnes Report (1950), Fenn-Wu Report (1951), Razak Report (1956) and Rahman Talib Report (1960). The above will be done i.....

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