A wiki, namely, Wikispaces is a component of Web 2.0 technology tools. It is utilised as a peer editing platform for students in correcting errors made by them in their essay writing. The purpose of this article is to find out how the affordances of Wikispaces encourage collaborative learning and knowledge management in correcting errors in L2 students‟ essays. The experience of using Wikispaces throughout the peer editing context and its affordances are described extensively based on three perspectives: pedagogical, social and technological. Data was obtained from online-writing records (students‟ essays), field notes, questionnaire, reflective research diary, and feedback form. The qualitative data are analysed thematically and then triangulated. In terms of pedagogical affordances, Wikispaces supports dual applications of pedagogical approaches (teaching and learning). In relation to social affordances, Wikispaces promotes a variety of interactions (peer-peer and students-teache.....

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This descriptive study examined the perceptions of technical lecturers towards the teaching of technical modules in English at a polytechnic in Malaysia. A questionnaire consisting four main aspects of perceptions mainly readiness, attitudes, problems and training needs were used for the purpose of data collection. Data were collected from 75 technical lecturers through the questionnaires, which were then analyzed to get the value of frequency and percentage score meanwhile interview data were qualitatively analysed with initial descriptive codes being assigned to lecturers’ responses. This study will allow relevant authorities to identify the perceptions and training needs of the technical lecturers and to provide appropriate in-service training in order to facilitate these lecturers who are entering the new domain of teaching content subjects using English as the medium of intsruction. Keywords: English as the Medium of Instruction, Technical Lecturers, Readiness, Attitudes, Traini.....

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This study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when they were doing a pedagogical course in semester 5. Upon completing their teaching practice in semester 7 and while doing seminar reflective as a course in their final semester, the student teachers were asked to revisit their journal entry on their identity and to compare and contrast if their views have changed or remained the same after their teaching practice experiences. A content analysis was used to study the transformation of identity through journal entries. The study reveals that the student teachers were more realistic and practical as opposed to being idealistic in forming their professional identities after the teaching practice. There were many situational factors which have aff.....

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The effectiveness of oral corrective feedback (CF) on learners’ interlanguage development has been the topic of much discussion in the second language acquisition (SLA). This study intends to investigate the effects of implicit and explicit oral corrective feedback on the learning of comparativeforms in English as a second language (ESL) in the Malaysian context. The learning of comparative forms entails the implicit grammar knowledge (IGK) / fluency and explicit grammar knowledge (EGK) / accuracy. The study employs a quasi-experimental research method using 3-groups pre-test and post-test design: recast group (implicit oral corrective feedback), metalinguistic feedback group (explicit oral corrective feedback), and control group (task-related feedback). It involved 80 B.Ed. Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) student teachers. Pe-tests and post-tests data were analysed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Recorded observations of classroom discourse and interviews we.....

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The advances in technology have paved the way for student centred learning environment which allows for higher students? engagement, active participation, deep meaningful learning, and critical thinking. One of the technology applications which have gained popularity at the beginning of the 1990s is the use of e-portfolio. Studies in many professional fields have shown exceptional findings on the adoption of e-portfolio. Nonetheless, the development of e-portfolio affordances over a period of time has yet to be explored to ascertain its usefulness particularly in the area of teacher education. This article presents the process of systematic literature on the e-portfolio pedagogical affordances in teacher education programs and issues to be addressed for successful implementation. Using the content analysis method, 28 articles which focused on e-portfolio, teacher education, English as a second language, scientific research, and secondary school were reviewed. The findings of the review.....

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