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The indigenous Orang Asli in Malaysia who do not use English on a daily basis consequently have low English proficiency and poor writing skills. Their existing EFL situation coupled with the ongoing problems in gaining access to proper education further stifles their language development. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the genre approach in improving secondary Orang Asli EFL students’ descriptive writing, and their perceptions of using the genre approach as a framework to overcome challenges in learning descriptive writing. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in a secondary school in Pahang, Malaysia. Quantitative data is sourced from students’ pre-test and post-test scores, and also a self-report questionnaire on their perceptions towards the genre approach. The approach shows evidence of improvement in students’ descriptive writing and could have a larger effect than the process approach currently taught in schools. Their perception towards the approach.....

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This article provides three case studies of the use of world music resources to build alien worlds in mainstream screen media with Sci-Fi or Fantasy settings. The case studies—the TV series Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, the film Avatar and the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) video game World of Warcraft— show how composers and associated music professionals in the early twenty-first century increasingly draw on such sonic materials to generate a rich sense of sonic otherness and note the means they employ to sidestep such music’s existing geographical and cultural references. Each case study explores a contrasting subject position—composer, music consultant and consumer—to better trace not only the creation of such soundtracks but also what senses disparate groups of ordinary listeners subsequently make of them. The examples suggest that outside the sphere of big-budget cinema there is a growing confidence in both the creation and reception o.....

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  Utilizing paperless technologies in educational institutions is gaining broader popularity in developing countries. The study investigated the extent of adoption of paperless technologies in Technical Colleges in Osun state by their availability and utilization. The sample for the study consisted of 179 administrative and technical staff randomly selected from the technical colleges in Osun state, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study while two hypotheses were tested at five percent level of significance. A well-validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using simple mean to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test. The study found that Personal computers, overhead projectors, iPads and internet are slightly available in Government Technical Colleges in Osun state, with small extent usage of the few available ones. It was also found that teaching and.....

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This article focuses on studying the savior as a concept from both sides linguistically and as an idea or philosophy. The study has tackled many beliefs and conventions reflected in different societies. The focus was on using such concept in the contemporary Iraqi novels and how the novelists employed it in conveying the concerns, hopes and aspirations of the ordinary man in the local areas of Baghdad under the invasion of the U.S. troops. The writers tend to use fantasy style to decrease or mitigate the cruelty of the period of invasion where the scene was full of death, bloodshed atmosphere. The sample of this study is Frankenstein in Baghdad, the novel was written by Ahmed Saadawi, one of the most famous Iraqi novelists who gained global reputation. The novel represents the postcolonial literature in Iraqi contemporary novelistic production. This novel was short listed for the coveted International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014 and won the prize. In 2018, Frankenstein in Baghdad .....

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Literature starting from its beginning has the usage of symbols. This paved the way to a literary concept symbolism. It is an art of using an object to describe or represent an abstract. All the abstract objects mentioned in literature have a symbolic meaning. Symbolism is used in different ways like colors, animals, birds, real objects, human, etc. In the classical stories one can find the use of caves, animals etc. and it is evident that the use of animals in our world from thousands of years ago, to today, has created deep meaning in our lives. The meanings of animals in literary works can be interpreted in different ways. The writers use animals which help them to write about subjects that are controversial and sensitive social issues which strengthen and emphasize their points and fulfil the purpose of their work. Jonathan Swift is one of the writers to use symbolism in his literary works. In his The Battle of the Books, the spirit of the controversy caught on towards the end of t.....

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Kajian ini merupakan sebuah kajian kualitatif yang bertujuan untuk mencapai tiga objektif iaitu  mengenal pasti pengalaman sosial dan politik penyair yang terlibat, dalam sesuatu isu sosial yang  terdapat dalam puisi A Samad Said dan Taufiq Ismail. Kedua, mengenai hal-hal  kemanusiaan,   kemasyarakatan,  dan  sosiopolitik  dalam  isu-isu  sosial.  Ketiga, menganalisis makna dan mesej  yang terdapat dalam karya puisi kedua-dua penyair, yang mengungkapkan  permasalahan  sosial  orang   Melayu.  Kajian  ini  menggunakan  teori Semiotik Charles Sanders Peirce, teori tanda Jonathan  Culler, dan Aart van Zoest, untuk mencari  dan  memahami  makna  tanda-tanda  tentang  isu-isu   sosial  dalam  teks  puisi A.Samad Said dan Taufiq Ismail. Dapatan kajian ini berjaya menemukan  tanda-tanda ikon imej,   ikon   diagram   dan   ikon   metafora,   yang   digunakan   oleh    penyair   untuk memperjelaskan   isu-isu   sosial   yang .....

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The greater unhealthy weight may be associated with poorer fitness and lower levels of neuromuscular control including balance and coordination which could place those with elevated BMI at greater risk of injuries. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the Body Mass Index (BMI) and injuries among sport science recreational badminton players. The study used descriptive research design. There are 40 sport science recreational badminton players who participated in this study. Questionnaire design by researchers was used to collect data. The results show most of the participants have normal body weight (18.5-22.9) with a percentage 65.9 % and the highest number of injuries is ankle sprain with a percentage 37%. Interval category of correlation by Jonathan Sarwono (2009) shows that the relationship between BMI and injuries among the sport science recreational badminton players has no significant relationship. In conclusion, this study shows tha.....

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Information and communication technology (ICT) in education, also known as education technology, is an important component of SDG 4's goal of improving educational quality. This Bibliometric study examines research patterns over time using the term "education technology." Three research questions are prioritised: (1) What is the current publication trend in EduTech? (2) What are the most popular themes among EduTech scholars? (3) What is the current citation pattern of EduTech publications? The methodology of this study uses bibliometric analysis with quantitative approach (document trend statistics) in the data scopus.com database for the years 1946 to 2022. The study's findings showed the number of publications on this education technology has increased since 2005, and this trend is expected to continue, with a recent notable theme being a focus on methodology studies, particularly in the field of health education. Furthermore, the most cited document was an article about activity de.....

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