In the teaching and learning of Malay language in schools, writing essays is an important component. In this study, six samples of good essays have been selected for analysis. Samples consist of students in Form 2 from a school Malaysia. Hermeneutics Pedagogical method is used to analyze student essays to identify styles of cognition and affection involved in essay writings. The results of hermeneutics pedagogy method give interpretations through style interpretation of cognition and affection experienced by students in the subconscious and conscious mind during essay writing. Results show that the students will be able to extract information and past experiences of long-term memory and short term memory assisted through the style of cognition and affection. Students then apply the elements of emotions or feelings to enable them to produce good passages...

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  This research presents the stakeholders’ understanding and attitude towards play-based approach in Nigeria preschools. The study dwelt on the different understanding and attitude of stakeholders on the relevance of play-based approach, the relationship between educational qualifications and its relevance to the implementation of play-based approach in preschools. Other issues investigated were the suitability and possibility of play-based approach in developing the cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills and the language needs of children attending the preschools system in Nigeria. The research used the qualitative approach, whereby data collection were made through written text, interview and observation. Thus, collected data were analysed through hermeneutics procedure. The participants of this study included twenty classroom teachers and twenty parents from ten different schools, five preschools’ owners and also two officials from the Ministry of Education. Th.....

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