Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia
This study examine the relationship of communicative activities and English language proficiency of non – English major programme undergraduates from various faculties at Universiti Putra Malaysia. 60 non - English programme undergraduates were selected based on their performance in a proficiency...
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| author | Abdul Kareem, Othman |
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| description | This study examine the relationship of communicative activities and English language
proficiency of non – English major programme undergraduates from various faculties at
Universiti Putra Malaysia. 60 non - English programme undergraduates were selected
based on their performance in a proficiency course and Malaysia University English Test
(MUET) for this study. They were categorised into experiment and control groups. The
experimental group will be exposed with several communicative activities while the
controlled group has normal classroom lesson. This research employed pre- and posttests,
questionnaires and interviews as its instruments for data collection. The duration
of this study was for one semester. The significance of findings indicated that there are
relationship between these communicative activities in improving undergraduates’
levels of English language proficiency. Impacts and implications of these findings are
detailed in the discussion of this study. |
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| institution | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | upm-774932022-01-27T06:45:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77493/ Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia Abdul Kareem, Othman This study examine the relationship of communicative activities and English language proficiency of non – English major programme undergraduates from various faculties at Universiti Putra Malaysia. 60 non - English programme undergraduates were selected based on their performance in a proficiency course and Malaysia University English Test (MUET) for this study. They were categorised into experiment and control groups. The experimental group will be exposed with several communicative activities while the controlled group has normal classroom lesson. This research employed pre- and posttests, questionnaires and interviews as its instruments for data collection. The duration of this study was for one semester. The significance of findings indicated that there are relationship between these communicative activities in improving undergraduates’ levels of English language proficiency. Impacts and implications of these findings are detailed in the discussion of this study. 2018-04 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77493/1/FPP%202018%2044%20ir.pdf Abdul Kareem, Othman (2018) Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers English language Public universities and colleges - Malaysia |
| spellingShingle | English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers English language Public universities and colleges - Malaysia Abdul Kareem, Othman Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title | Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title_full | Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title_short | Communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, Malaysia |
| title_sort | communicative activities in improving english language proficiency among non-english major undergraduates in a public university, malaysia |
| topic | English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers English language Public universities and colleges - Malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77493/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77493/1/FPP%202018%2044%20ir.pdf |