14 articles in this issue
Naginder - Kaur
The ability in making meaning of learning through opportunities is seen as a pathway to autonomous learning behaviour. This study is undertaken to explore the behaviours of a group of nine learners at a tertiary institution in Malaysia to see how they uti... see more
Mohammad Hamed Hoomanfard,Maryam Meshkat
The present study attempted to unveil the differences in the cognitive processes employed in writing in a second language while writing on computer, and with paper and pencil. In doing so, eleven upper-intermediate, Persian-speaking English Language learn... see more
Arbaayah Ali Termizi
Among Shakespeare’s plays revolving around the theme of love, Anthony and Cleopatra and The Taming of the Shrew develop an un-romanticized attitude by focusing on carnal realities, reinforced through the imagery associated with Cleopatra and Katherine as ... see more
Umi Kalsom Masrom,Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi,Nor Shidrah Mat Daud
This study investigates the relationship between the cognitive demands of task complexity and learners’ motivation towards several tasks using task-based instruction during asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing tasks. According to Rob... see more
Khazriyati Salehuddin,Heather Winskel
Although traditionally, Malay was predominantly written in the Arabic script (Jawi), the Roman script has become the standard script for the Malay language after the Second World War due to the relative complexity of Jawi in comparison to the Roman script... see more
Jessie Saraza Barrot
Several studies have investigated linguistic complexity as an index of proficiency and across genres. However, very little research has been conducted in determining the difference between the linguistic complexity during receptive and productive modes. T... see more
Alaeddin Abdullah Banikalef,Marlyna Maros,Ashinida Aladdi,Mouad Al-natour
Most apology studies in the Jordanian context have investigated apologies based on a corpus of elicited data. Rarely have apologies been observed in the natural data; nor have the contextual factors that obligated these apologies been considered. This stu... see more
Rui Li,Rozina Raja,Azimah Sazalie
Successful communication is influenced not only by language accuracy, but also by language appropriateness in various social contexts. Accordingly, second/foreign language (L2) learners’ pragmatic competence as well as how they develop the competence has ... see more
Soo Ying How,Chan Swee Heng,Ain Nadzimah Abdullah
Bahasa Malaysia is the national language in Malaysia, which acts as a national symbol that raise a sense of national unity, and maintains a sense of cultural value and identity. As the country is multicultural and multilingual, the use of Baha... see more
Midiyana Mohamad,Mohammad Fadzeli Jaafar
Makalah ini ditulis berdasarkan kajian tentang aspek rujukan dalam teks akademik. Perbincangan dalam keseluruhan makalah akan memberikan fokus terhadap penggunaan anafora dalam teks akademik berdasarkan teks Blue Ocean Strategy (2005) yang diterjemahkan s... see more
Hazlina Abdul Halim,Ang Lay Hoon
Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis kesalahan pemilihan dan pembentukan kata dalam terjemahan pelajar yang mempelajari bahasa Perancis sebagai bahasa asing di peringkat lanjutan. Sampel kajian ini terdiri daripada 20 terjemahan karangan cerita dongeng sepan... see more
Abdol Hossein Joodaki,Zeinab Elyasi
Shahrnush Parsipur (1946) is a celebrated and courageous Iranian novelist. This study deals with her controversial, epic novel Touba and the Meaning of Night (1989). The novel is analyzed based on Lacanian theory of subject formation and Cixousian concept... see more
Ali Khoshnood
One of Nadine Gordimer’s major obsessions has been raising awareness about the unjust and discriminatory policy of apartheid law in South Africa. She has dramatised the history of her country in her fictions to expose more awareness and truth of the unfai... see more
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