Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman

The medium of instruction in schools has been an item that has been frequently discussed as the Malaysian Government changed the medium of instruction of two important subjects, Mathematics and Science to English in January 2003. This study looks at teacher readiness to teach Mathematics and Scienc...

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Main Author: Abdul Rahman, Fauziah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15200/
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description The medium of instruction in schools has been an item that has been frequently discussed as the Malaysian Government changed the medium of instruction of two important subjects, Mathematics and Science to English in January 2003. This study looks at teacher readiness to teach Mathematics and Science in English. Are the teachers ready to use English in their teachings? Are they facing any difficulties or problems in doing so? Based on quantitative and qualitative methods, a survey was carried out in five secondary schools in Shah Alam, Selangor. The Sample consists of teachers teaching Mathematics and Science in forms one and two in the selected five secondary schools. The findings show that the teachers are ready to teach the two subjects in English, However, there are some areas that they are having difficulties with and it is found that the difficulties or problems faced by these teachers are similar in the schools surveyed. Some recommendations are made based on the findings in the survey and in the interviews in the hope that it would further improve the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English in our schools in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-152002022-12-15T04:03:33Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15200/ Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahman, Fauziah Second language acquisition Malaysia The medium of instruction in schools has been an item that has been frequently discussed as the Malaysian Government changed the medium of instruction of two important subjects, Mathematics and Science to English in January 2003. This study looks at teacher readiness to teach Mathematics and Science in English. Are the teachers ready to use English in their teachings? Are they facing any difficulties or problems in doing so? Based on quantitative and qualitative methods, a survey was carried out in five secondary schools in Shah Alam, Selangor. The Sample consists of teachers teaching Mathematics and Science in forms one and two in the selected five secondary schools. The findings show that the teachers are ready to teach the two subjects in English, However, there are some areas that they are having difficulties with and it is found that the difficulties or problems faced by these teachers are similar in the schools surveyed. Some recommendations are made based on the findings in the survey and in the interviews in the hope that it would further improve the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English in our schools in Malaysia. 2005 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15200/1/TM_FAUZIAH%20ABDUL%20RAHMAN%20ED%2005_5.pdf Abdul Rahman, Fauziah (2005) Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman. (2005) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/15200.pdf>
spellingShingle Second language acquisition
Malaysia
Abdul Rahman, Fauziah
Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title_full Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title_fullStr Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title_full_unstemmed Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title_short Teacher readiness for Maths and Science in English: A study of five secondary schools in Shah Alam / Fauziah Abdul Rahman
title_sort teacher readiness for maths and science in english: a study of five secondary schools in shah alam / fauziah abdul rahman
topic Second language acquisition
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15200/