This thesis furnishes a clear idea on the current scenario of word-formation in Tamil, particularly in the Malaysian context. A total of 496 words have been collected as data for this study from the nationwide published Malaysian Tamil newspaper; 'Malaysia Nanban'. This study by and large answered technical questions: word-formation processes, genres and classes of words and identifying linguistic and grammatical weakness and conflicts. Field study has been conducted to answer social questions such as: attitudes of language users, their expectation and suggestions for better word-formation in Tamil. It was found that the language users were not very satisfied with the current progress of word-formation in Tamil. The result obtained from the questionnaire demonstrates that the language users are supportive of language development, particularly in word-formation. The analysis of this study has been divided into three sections based on the source of data viz. newspaper, questionnaire and .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan menilai kesan penggunaan jigsaw puzzle sebagai alat visualisasi bagi membantu pelajar menulis formula kimia sebatian ion. Kajian dijalankan dengan menggunakan reka bentuk kuasi-eksperimen. Data kajian ini diperolehi melalui kaedah ujian dan soal selidik. Sejumlah 115 pelajar aliran sains tingkatan empat dari dua buah sekolah menengah di daerah Larut, Matang dan Selama telah dipilih secara rawak berkelompok. Kajian ini juga turut meninjau persepsi mereka terhadap penggunaan jigsaw puzzle dalam proses pengajaran-pembelajaran. Data-data dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif (skor min dan sisihan piawai) dan statistik inferensi (ujian-t). Dapatan kajian menunjukkan aktiviti jigsaw puzzle yang diperkenalkan berjaya memberi kefahaman kepada pelajar dalam menulis formula kimia sebatian ion. Pelajar juga mempunyai persepsi yang positif terhadap aktiviti jigsaw puzzle. Kesimpulannya, kajian ini membuktikan bahawa aktiviti pengajaran dan pembelajaran menggunakan.....

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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 review examines the elements of film criticism through Theory of Textualism. The theory has been introduced by the Malaysian writer, Abdul Rahman Napiah, known as Mana Sikana. The theory is based on four principles. They are forward policy, conflict policy, strong policy and personal policy. These four principles constitute the elements of a standard film critical article. This is the soundtrack of the Malaysian writer K. Balamurugan's critical book, The Tree of Life, to explore how the Theory of Textualism help to write critical essays...

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Abstract: Barathidasan is a well-known social reformalist. His poems delivered numerous social thinking ideas. Due to it, this research investigated the social thinking ideas in Barathidasan poems and related current issues. Three main social thinking ideas such as caste refusal, women rights and abolition superstition beliefs were explained in this research. This research designed as qualitative research by using library research...

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai Kemahiran Kebolehdapatan Kerja dalam kalangan pelajar Politeknik. Terdapat enam objektif, yang perlu dicapai dan 16 hipotesis yang perlu diuji. Model Penilaian CIPP bersama elemen APEC telah digunakan sebagai operasi proses 10 atribut Kebolehdapatan Kerja. Kajian ini menggunakan dua set soal-selidik Rubrik Dua Lapis. Sampel kajian terdiri daripapda 391 pelajar dan 91 majikan telah dipilih melalui sampel rawak sistematik. . Kajian ini menggunakan soal-selidik rubrik Dua Lapis dan nilai Cronch Alpha pelajar antara 0.664 hingga 0.776 dan majikan antara 0.752 hingga 0.760 Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa sembilan daripada sepuluh atribut kemahiran Kebolehdapatan Kerja pelajar yang dikaji adalah berada pada tahap tinggi (melebihi skor min 3.87), hanya satu atribut yang berada pada paras sederhana (skor min = 3.49) iaitu atribut kemahairan keusahawanan. Analisis infrensi menunjukkan penilaian kendiri pelajar perempuan mengatasi pelajar lelaki dari perspekt.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji struktur luaran bahasa dalam haiku karya Na.Patchaibalan bagi mengenalpasti struktur sebenar haiku dan cara penghasilan yang betul. Kajian ini dapat menjawab persoalan tentang struktur bahasa yang digunakan untuk menghasilkan haiku yang sempurna. Struktur yang dikaji merangkumi empat aspek utama iaitu bentuk haiku, penggunaan kata, suku kata, dan jenis yang digunakan oleh penyair. Kajian ini dijalankan menggunakan mod kualitatif dan dihurai secara deskriptif. Maklumat dan data diperolehi dengan kaedah kajian kepustakaan dibuat dengan mencari bahan-bahan rujukan di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, internet, serta perpustakaan beberapa institut pengajian tinggi awam. Kaedah kepustakaan digunakan secara menyeluruh dalam kajian ini. Penelitian terhadap struktur luaran bahasa haiku Na.Patchaibalan memberi satu gambaran yang menyeluruh tentang struktur luaran haiku dengan teliti. Bentuk haiku yang mempunyai tiga baris pendek dengan pola suku kata yang tidak terik.....

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Beginning teacher induction has become an important tool for ensuring teacher quality in the 21st century educational system. At the global level, induction programmes for the   beginning  teachers  are  designed  to  support  beginning  teachers  and  numerous countries have  designed their own programmes with the principles of adult learning theory  underpinning  the   induction  practices.  The  objectives  of  this  study  were  to identify the expectations of the  beginning teacher regarding their induction programme, develop  a  beginning  teacher   induction   programme  framework  and  validate  the framework.  This  study  utilized  the  survey  method   approach  supported  with  semi- structured interview and literature review. The method of data  collection through the survey involved 268 beginning teachers and the semi-structured interviews  involved ten beginning teachers. The survey was analysed using descriptive .....

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Research shows that motivation and engagement are essential for effective learning and it is not an easy task to achieve. The latest technique to attract the students is to integrate humour in classroom teaching. Humour is an often-overlooked skill in teaching as the teachers are not trained in the use of humour and it is not a part of any curriculum and they consider teaching is a serious business and they are not supposed to be entertainers. Magic tricks represent one of the humour items that can be effectively used at all levels of teaching from schools to colleges. Also, it can be used as teaching aid and it can be termed as‘ice-breaker’. The ‘Primacy and recencey effect’ and ‘Zeigarnick effect’ gives a strong theoretical basis for the use of magic as an ‘ice-breaker’ in the class. Magic tricks have many benefits in teaching such as it can break the monotony of a lecture, captures and retains student attention, make the students more receptive, expands student compr.....

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