Some linguistic suggestions in conducting Malay language classes
Despite some skeptics, most foreign language teachers, especially those of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/English as a Second Language (ESL), advocate Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and have long been conducting student-centered communicative activities in their classrooms. This paper...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17870/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17870/1/52293-171708-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | Despite some skeptics, most foreign language teachers, especially those of English as a
Foreign Language (EFL)/English as a Second Language (ESL), advocate Communicative
Language Teaching (CLT) and have long been conducting student-centered communicative
activities in their classrooms. This paper argues that CLT is generally ineffective in teaching
quiet students and students with little motivation. In the context of teaching Malay as a foreign
language, it introduces an alternative teaching approach that requires teacher-centered drill
activities, which have been shown effective in EFL teaching in Japan, a country known for its
typically quiet students, most of whom do not see a point in acquiring any practical skills of
English. The paper demonstrates the necessity of explaining basic syntactic rules, some of
which tend to be taken for granted, that are crucial in helping students of Malay develop a
systematic grammar of their target language. |
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