Malaysian tropical rainforest has been reported to home for more than 15,000 species of flora and fauna. The plants represent diversed lifeform of trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers, creepers, ferns, palms, liana, parasite and saprophyte. These plants diversity give substantial contribution to richness of plants for foods, beverages, medicinal and ornamentals. The number does not include species which have not been documented due to limited distributions or restricted to only a certain microclimate. Most lowland tropical rainforest has been logged and replanted with agriculture crops such as rubber, palm oil, coconuts and cocoa, whilst others being developed into new township, settlement and infrastructures such as highways and dam. Slim Forest Reserve is a reserve that composed small acerage of lowland tropical rainforest. The proposed study is important and necessary to be pursued for identification of plants and animals diversity (biodiversity), because majority of tropical rainforest b.....

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Last year (2020) has been a challenging year for many sectors, including the education sector that was forced to adapt to new uncertainties. During the COVID-19 pandemic, students had to rely on their gadgets and the Internet for online learning. As a measure of cultivating technology in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) during the global crisis, Video log (Vlog) was used as a learning tool among the undergraduate students of various disciplines. Vlog served as a medium for students to convey their ideas and experience as these students needed to record themselves in a video. They would actively spend time preparing materials and practicing speeches. This study uses secondary data collected in early 2021. Hence, it covers most of the data in COVID-affected 2020, especially since the Vlog assessment was implemented in September 2020 for the undergraduates who took the English Proficiency paper. The study aims at examining the use of Vlog as a speaking learning tool and the cha.....

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