Studies done in the area of composition support that free writing activities helped to develop confidence and efficiency among LI and L2 students. Dialogue-joumal writing is one of the activities in free writing that can provide opportunity to explore and experiment the language. The emerging of microcomputer technology has given endless and remarkable enhancement in language teaching instruction. Studies done by Lee (1998) and Warshauer (1995) indicate the usefulness of e-mail in teaching English where teachers and students can communicate with each other^through formal and informal consultation. Apart from that, e-mail can be used in exchanging dialogue journals and writing conference. The aim of this paper is to look at the effectiveness of dialogue journal writing through e-mail in enhancing communication among the matriculation studnets at the National University of Malaysia. Pedagogical implications of the study on the teaching and learning of ESL writing will also be discussed...

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Concept map is a visual representation of alternative ways interesting but less practiced . This concept mapping to help students and teachers in presenting ideas and data in an organized , directed and meaningful. In the process of teaching and learning , concept mapping can be expressed as a compilation of the topic , the topic prior to combining with the latest and investigate existing knowledge of students in learning and teaching sessions in the next class the teacher can track students' understanding of the learning objectives of the learning session. Minor for the purpose of this study to provide an alternative lalauan teachers achieve learning outcomes with kolaberasi concept mapping . The study was conducted on 69 students at a school in Ipoh silver . Observations made ​​on a sample by mapping concepts in photosynthesis topic to see the connection between teacher learning objectives are achieved. Module Faqih of constructivist learning model was conducted during the study......

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Designing curriculum for the teaching of English is no easy task considering the challenges that await the teachers in the classroom. After being trained with the most recent approaches and methodologies, these teachers are expected to be able to handle the students with high level of motivation and dedication. The paper discusses the issue of learner variability (LV) that has to be given utmost attention by curriculum developers in order to produce capable teachers teaching the subjects in schools. It also discusses the learner variability factor in helping teachers understand the teaching and learning process better. A proposed TESL program will be discussed as an example of how LV can make existing program at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris(UPSI) more viable and effective...

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Are religious values universal? After studying and teaching religious studies for nearly thirty years it is hard not to recognise that there are indeed a plethora of local, indigenous, and revivalist religious traditions, both within larger religions and independent of them. There are many Judaisms, Islams, Christianities, Buddhisms, Hinduisms and Daoisms. My researches have led me to the conclusion that the differences between religious traditions are real and not easily reduced to any single pattern or model. But there are, of course, many overlapping elements, conceptual, theological and most evidently historical. I am anxious about any list of universal values divorced from (he context of their interpretation and application in living religious communities. Our values are those we live rather than those we merely aspire to without direct and immediate impact on our daily lives. Any list of values will exclude and stigmatise those that fail to fully accord with it. These failures wi.....

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The notion of a general push for accountability and professionalism has initiated appraisal schemes in many professions, including the teaching profession. Though the literature on the subject is foil of different definitions for appraising teachers such as School Teacher Appraisal, Performance Review, Staff Review and so on, they are basically similar aiming at different purposes. These include staff development, institutional improvement, reward, promotion and even related to pay. To institute the Teacher Appraisal Scheme purely for professional development such as the case in Malaysia, conditions need to be set up to avoid the occurrence in which the scheme may be disguised or openly used for other purposes. The purposes of appraisal, training of the appraisers and appraised, the approach and methods of appraising, the procedure of appraisal and others need to be clearly and objectively specified so as to minimize the shortcomings of the scheme. The teacher appraisal schemes should .....

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Globalization, rapid economic growth and industrialisastion have an immediate impact on educators and education in Malaysia. As a leading technological device, computers have paved their ways to Malaysian classrooms as an instructional tool or a means to self-access knowledge for both teachers and students. This implies that language classes in Malaysia has progressed not only beyond chalk and talk, but to much more sophisticated teaching tools ranging form over head projectors, videos and slides. As Malaysia is gearing towards producing competent teachers to fulfil the increasing demand of high quality educationists who are capable of utilising the state-of-art materials to deliver lessons effectively, the debates on economic and cultural issues on adopting Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) still prevail among doubtful teachers. This paper justifies the needs to welcome CALL into the classroom by presenting some fundamental theories and concepts on CALL and reviewing studies .....

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This study explored on process drama and its potential as a constructivist, experiential, cooperative, and problem-based strategy for second language teaching to match with 21st Century Learning and the competencies of the K-12 curriculum. Conducted using a descriptive-developmental design, the study aimed to develop lesson exemplars using process drama in enhancing listening and speaking skills. Needs assessment was done to 288 students and 12 teachers to collect data on competencies deemed to be difficult. The top 15 most difficult listening and speaking competencies were then utilized for the development of four lesson exemplars which were validated by three drama and language experts prior to a trial demonstration. Results indicated that the developed lesson exemplars gathered validation ratings of 3.51- 4.00, interpreted as “Acceptable Without Any Revision”. After the trial demo, a thematic analysis of the 34 demo participants’ reflections was used to determine whe.....

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