13 articles in this issue
Nor Fariza Mohd Nor
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Duck Geun Yoo,Junkyu Lee
The efficiency of oral communication can vary depending on how quickly language users process not only language but also non-language information and on how that information is used. Various psycholinguistic experiments have shown that first language (L1)... see more
Sarjit Kaur
Being able to read texts critically is a much sought after skill in today’s globalised work environments. However, it is increasingly being reported that many tertiary students in Malaysia find this skill difficult to acquire. Students need to learn how t... see more
Nurjanah Mohd Jaafar,Siew Ming Thang
Contradictions often occur when concepts that originated in the West are applied in other contexts. Such is the case when concepts like autonomy and attributions are introduced in the context of language education in Asia. The claim that autonomy is unive... see more
Asiah Mohd Sharif
Ismail Muhamad,Wan Maizatul Akmar Wan Ahmad,Azman Che Mat
Pembelajaran bahasa Arab di peringkat sekolah rendah telah diwajibkan melalui program j-QAF. Hasrat murni ini memberi petunjuk bahawa bahasa Arab telah diberi status yang istimewa dalam sistem pendidikan di Malaysia secara rasminya. Namun hakikatnya mempe... see more
Rosni Samah,Mohd Fauzi Abdul Hamid,Shaferul Hafes Sha’ari,Amizan Helmi Mohamad
Pendebat bahasa Arab di peringkat sekolah menengah kebangsaan merupakan pelajar yang petah bertutur dalam bahasa Arab. Mereka memperolehi kemahiran bertutur melalui sesi latihan debat yang dijalankan di sekolah. Sesi tersebut diajar oleh guru jurulatih de... see more
Abbas Ali Ahangar,Marc van Oostendorp,Bahareh Soohani
This article focuses on the study of geographical variations among the phonological systems of Standard Persian (SP) language, Central Sarawani Balochi (CSB), a dialect of Balochi language and the Sistani dialect (SD) of Persian, based on Optimality Theor... see more
Karim Harun,Maslida Yusof
Bahasa Melayu tidak mempunyai sistem kala seperti bahasa Latin, Inggeris, dan Belanda. Dalam bahasa Melayu, kala atau waktu sesuatu pekerjaan dilakukan sering kali tidak dinyatakan, kerana pendengar boleh menentukan waktunya berdasarkan hubung... see more
Maserah Shabudin,Idris Aman
Di dalam strategi periklanan produk kecantikan di Jepun, terdapat kecenderungan yang menunjukkan bahawa pengiklan telah melakukan inovasi iaitu wacana iklan tidak terikat dengan satu genre bagi menggambarkan produk kosmetik sebagai produk untuk kecantikan... see more
Collin Jerome
Malay identity has been an important area of research in the field of Malay studies. Many scholars have argued that Malay identity is a product of a complex interplay of various identity markers and a dynamic adoption of diverse identity strategies. While... see more
Mohammad Safaei,Ruzy Suliza Hashim
The critical literature on Ophelia has been constrained to the scope of her characterization within Hamlet and to the corpus of literary criticism that has drawn upon the Shakespearean play to portray the contours of her personality. She is often regarded... see more
Fatemeh Safarnejad Safarnejad,Imran-Ho- Abdullah,Norsimah Mat Awal
Translation of metaphorical expressions is a major challenge in literary translation and has attracted the attention of translation researchers and linguists alike. The aim of this paper is to examine the translation of emotive metaphorical expressions of... see more