Alhamdulillah, my gratefulness to the Ultimate Lover, Allah the Almighty, for I finally reach thi... more Alhamdulillah, my gratefulness to the Ultimate Lover, Allah the Almighty, for I finally reach this very page. I learn that without His love and permission, I would have no strength to wake up, to read, to think, to write, and to do every single thing that contributes towards this research completion. This journey of knowledge seeking has been a wonderful one with the helps He has been offering me. Thank you Allah for loving me, despite my only little deeds in showing my love to You. My sincere gratitude and prayers also go to both my parents-Hjh. Khatijah Ishak and Hj. Shaari Awang Besar. Your never ending prayers have been the best and the most accepted of all. This is not to forget my supportive family members, for the care, concerns and prayers, which are priceless! Allow me to express my heartfelt thankfulness to Universiti Sains Malaysia for sponsoring my journey throughout, under the scheme of USM Fellowship. Without this financial aid, I might have to postpone the intention of pursuing my postgraduate studies.
Having the ability to communicate has been such a crucial aim in the teaching and learning of ESL... more Having the ability to communicate has been such a crucial aim in the teaching and learning of ESL. Nevertheless, in reaching the target, the ESL context has encountered various issues concerning individual differences. These include learners' personalities, motivation as well as learning styles and strategies. Questions have emerged whether the introverts and the less motivated ESL learners really learn the language, particularly in terms of the ability to communicate using English. It is therefore seen that having a dialogic teaching and learning pedagogical method, which caters to learners' variety is highly required. Being in a technologyequipped epoch, YouTube has been discovered to be such a possible tool to aid learners' dialogic ability. This paper provides an insight on how YouTube could possibly contribute to the enhancement of the ESL teaching and learning hence produce more learners with communicative skill. It therefore discusses how YouTube may be utilized albeit the challenges faced, in the Malaysian ESL teaching and learning context.
Standing for Neurolinguistic Programming, the acronym ‘NLP’ has become an emergent approach to co... more Standing for Neurolinguistic Programming, the acronym ‘NLP’ has become an emergent approach to communication and personal development which has gained worldwide interest. Containing a set of strategies that is highly claimed to be effective in enhancing oneself personally, NLP has also become progressively more recognisable in the education sector. Nevertheless, NLP is still considered to be virtually absent from the academic realm, particularly in relation with learning and pedagogy. This silence suggests a dire need to expand academic practices studying and discussing NLP. Hence, this paper depicts the current state of knowledge regarding NLP in both the philosophical and the pedagogical aspects. This review suggests that there exist the bridging links between NLP, its philosophical foundation and pedagogy through certain theories like Constructivism and Information Processing. Some pedagogical relevance of NLP is also discovered in catering to its widespread into the educational ...
Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2017
Purpose – This study was aimed to explore the experiences of an instructor and her learners conce... more Purpose – This study was aimed to explore the experiences of an instructor and her learners concerning the authenticity of language and technology use in YouTube-aided ESL classroom. Methodology – A qualitative case study was employed involving an ESL instructor and seven learners from a higher learning institution in Malaysia. To achieve the objective, the experiences were uncovered through in-depth interviews and a series of journal entries. Findings – The findings demonstrate that the content of YouTube could be exploited to expose the learners to authentic English. In addition to that, the web 2.0 features of YouTube can familiarise the learners with the current technology application. Significance – This study is significant as it shares with the readers the experiences of an ESL instructor and the learners concerning the potential of YouTube in offering authentic materials and use of technology. By adopting an online video platform and not relying solely on textbook and other ...
Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education, 2018
Education has always been fundamental in an individual's life and in a nation's survival, at larg... more Education has always been fundamental in an individual's life and in a nation's survival, at large. Synonymous to the process of teaching and learning, it is always expected to meet the demands of many parties including the community, the educational institution itself and the country. As for a higher learning milieu, the teaching and learning process is enlightened with various methodologies in lesson delivery. Among all, dialogic teaching and learning is found to be an appropriate pedagogical method which offers a great deal of benefits. An educator was identified to practise such a method and it was the objective of the research to uncover the practice in a Malaysian tertiary education context. Employing a qualitative approach, the research implicated an educator and 41 learners who were directly involved in the dialogic teaching and learning. Through a classroom observation technique, significant episodes were recorded and narrated. This paper aims at presenting the observational findings, thus, suggesting a number of pedagogical implications.
Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2018
Methodology-The review scrutinised the concept of caring thinking in Matthew Lipman's (2003) Thin... more Methodology-The review scrutinised the concept of caring thinking in Matthew Lipman's (2003) Thinking Model as well as Mohd Daud Hamzah and Abdul Kadir Arifin's (2001) Islamic Cognitive Processes Model (ICPM). Employing a cross-cultural comparative review, the analysis concentrated on the commonalities shared and the differences between the two schools of thought. The aspects of comparison include cognition principles, caring thinking inventory, thinking direction, human characterisation and role of beings. Findings-This review suggests that the scholars propagate and share comparable nuances on the underlying characteristics of human cognition in order to facilitate the formation of the caring thinking concept. However, the interplay of human inner drive which incorporates values is deliberated in different cultural voices when Lipman (2003) vastly discusses caring thinking model based on the western context. On the other hand, Mohd Daud Hamzah and Abdul Kadir Arifin's (2001) cognition model attempts to highlight human cognitive process from the Islamic perspective. Significance-These findings substantiate the needs to understand the derivation of human cognition process that later explains their abilities to sense bad and good values in the scale of moral virtue development. Fundamentally, this discussion considers the perspectives of both scholars regarding the formation of individuals' thoughts and behaviours which reflect the attributes of 'caring thinking'. Hence, this implies that greater opportunities and efforts should be undertaken to explore how caring thinking can be made useful to the field of education.
Alhamdulillah, my gratefulness to the Ultimate Lover, Allah the Almighty, for I finally reach thi... more Alhamdulillah, my gratefulness to the Ultimate Lover, Allah the Almighty, for I finally reach this very page. I learn that without His love and permission, I would have no strength to wake up, to read, to think, to write, and to do every single thing that contributes towards this research completion. This journey of knowledge seeking has been a wonderful one with the helps He has been offering me. Thank you Allah for loving me, despite my only little deeds in showing my love to You. My sincere gratitude and prayers also go to both my parents-Hjh. Khatijah Ishak and Hj. Shaari Awang Besar. Your never ending prayers have been the best and the most accepted of all. This is not to forget my supportive family members, for the care, concerns and prayers, which are priceless! Allow me to express my heartfelt thankfulness to Universiti Sains Malaysia for sponsoring my journey throughout, under the scheme of USM Fellowship. Without this financial aid, I might have to postpone the intention of pursuing my postgraduate studies.
Having the ability to communicate has been such a crucial aim in the teaching and learning of ESL... more Having the ability to communicate has been such a crucial aim in the teaching and learning of ESL. Nevertheless, in reaching the target, the ESL context has encountered various issues concerning individual differences. These include learners' personalities, motivation as well as learning styles and strategies. Questions have emerged whether the introverts and the less motivated ESL learners really learn the language, particularly in terms of the ability to communicate using English. It is therefore seen that having a dialogic teaching and learning pedagogical method, which caters to learners' variety is highly required. Being in a technologyequipped epoch, YouTube has been discovered to be such a possible tool to aid learners' dialogic ability. This paper provides an insight on how YouTube could possibly contribute to the enhancement of the ESL teaching and learning hence produce more learners with communicative skill. It therefore discusses how YouTube may be utilized albeit the challenges faced, in the Malaysian ESL teaching and learning context.
Standing for Neurolinguistic Programming, the acronym ‘NLP’ has become an emergent approach to co... more Standing for Neurolinguistic Programming, the acronym ‘NLP’ has become an emergent approach to communication and personal development which has gained worldwide interest. Containing a set of strategies that is highly claimed to be effective in enhancing oneself personally, NLP has also become progressively more recognisable in the education sector. Nevertheless, NLP is still considered to be virtually absent from the academic realm, particularly in relation with learning and pedagogy. This silence suggests a dire need to expand academic practices studying and discussing NLP. Hence, this paper depicts the current state of knowledge regarding NLP in both the philosophical and the pedagogical aspects. This review suggests that there exist the bridging links between NLP, its philosophical foundation and pedagogy through certain theories like Constructivism and Information Processing. Some pedagogical relevance of NLP is also discovered in catering to its widespread into the educational ...
Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2017
Purpose – This study was aimed to explore the experiences of an instructor and her learners conce... more Purpose – This study was aimed to explore the experiences of an instructor and her learners concerning the authenticity of language and technology use in YouTube-aided ESL classroom. Methodology – A qualitative case study was employed involving an ESL instructor and seven learners from a higher learning institution in Malaysia. To achieve the objective, the experiences were uncovered through in-depth interviews and a series of journal entries. Findings – The findings demonstrate that the content of YouTube could be exploited to expose the learners to authentic English. In addition to that, the web 2.0 features of YouTube can familiarise the learners with the current technology application. Significance – This study is significant as it shares with the readers the experiences of an ESL instructor and the learners concerning the potential of YouTube in offering authentic materials and use of technology. By adopting an online video platform and not relying solely on textbook and other ...
Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education, 2018
Education has always been fundamental in an individual's life and in a nation's survival, at larg... more Education has always been fundamental in an individual's life and in a nation's survival, at large. Synonymous to the process of teaching and learning, it is always expected to meet the demands of many parties including the community, the educational institution itself and the country. As for a higher learning milieu, the teaching and learning process is enlightened with various methodologies in lesson delivery. Among all, dialogic teaching and learning is found to be an appropriate pedagogical method which offers a great deal of benefits. An educator was identified to practise such a method and it was the objective of the research to uncover the practice in a Malaysian tertiary education context. Employing a qualitative approach, the research implicated an educator and 41 learners who were directly involved in the dialogic teaching and learning. Through a classroom observation technique, significant episodes were recorded and narrated. This paper aims at presenting the observational findings, thus, suggesting a number of pedagogical implications.
Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2018
Methodology-The review scrutinised the concept of caring thinking in Matthew Lipman's (2003) Thin... more Methodology-The review scrutinised the concept of caring thinking in Matthew Lipman's (2003) Thinking Model as well as Mohd Daud Hamzah and Abdul Kadir Arifin's (2001) Islamic Cognitive Processes Model (ICPM). Employing a cross-cultural comparative review, the analysis concentrated on the commonalities shared and the differences between the two schools of thought. The aspects of comparison include cognition principles, caring thinking inventory, thinking direction, human characterisation and role of beings. Findings-This review suggests that the scholars propagate and share comparable nuances on the underlying characteristics of human cognition in order to facilitate the formation of the caring thinking concept. However, the interplay of human inner drive which incorporates values is deliberated in different cultural voices when Lipman (2003) vastly discusses caring thinking model based on the western context. On the other hand, Mohd Daud Hamzah and Abdul Kadir Arifin's (2001) cognition model attempts to highlight human cognitive process from the Islamic perspective. Significance-These findings substantiate the needs to understand the derivation of human cognition process that later explains their abilities to sense bad and good values in the scale of moral virtue development. Fundamentally, this discussion considers the perspectives of both scholars regarding the formation of individuals' thoughts and behaviours which reflect the attributes of 'caring thinking'. Hence, this implies that greater opportunities and efforts should be undertaken to explore how caring thinking can be made useful to the field of education.
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