African folklore which are said to be active traditions have had immense influence on the growth and development of African literature. This claim is aptly demonstrated in the works of successful early African writers as in the case of Amos Tutuola and Daniel O. Fagunwa of Nigeria, Violet Dube in Zulu, S.E.K. Mghayi in Xhosa and a host of them. These literary artists draw their inspiration from the oral tradition by translating their structures and images to literary mode. It is on this platform that the article seeks to examine this claim in the light of the state of African literature today. This paper adopts Cyprian Ekwensi’s African Night’s Entertainment as a case study to demonstrate how present African writers build on that trend to success. Ekwensi is considered one of the pioneers of African literature and writing fiction in English in West Africa. Ekwensi’s works observed oral conventions in terms of themes, style and other motifs; but literary in its form. The book adopts tales from African cultural background. This article establishes that contemporary African writers owe much to African oral tradition in their various domains of literary inspirations.
{"title":"African Folklore: A Catalyst in Contemporary African Fictions","authors":"J. Usman, M. Crous","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1224.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1224.2018","url":null,"abstract":"African folklore which are said to be active traditions have had immense influence on the growth and development of African literature. This claim is aptly demonstrated in the works of successful early African writers as in the case of Amos Tutuola and Daniel O. Fagunwa of Nigeria, Violet Dube in Zulu, S.E.K. Mghayi in Xhosa and a host of them. These literary artists draw their inspiration from the oral tradition by translating their structures and images to literary mode. It is on this platform that the article seeks to examine this claim in the light of the state of African literature today. This paper adopts Cyprian Ekwensi’s African Night’s Entertainment as a case study to demonstrate how present African writers build on that trend to success. Ekwensi is considered one of the pioneers of African literature and writing fiction in English in West Africa. Ekwensi’s works observed oral conventions in terms of themes, style and other motifs; but literary in its form. The book adopts tales from African cultural background. This article establishes that contemporary African writers owe much to African oral tradition in their various domains of literary inspirations.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47680753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Learning Chinese characters can be a daunting experience for the non-native learners. This quantitative study aims to experiment the effectiveness of ‘Wild Association’ on learners’ ability to learn Chinese characters, and to determine whether these learners who use ‘Wild Association’ demonstrate higher achievement in character recognition and character writing compared to learners who study Chinese characters by drilling. Consisting of 98 learners from the elementary level of Mandarin proficiency course in UNIMAS, the learners used their own imagination to learn Chinese characters, and at the same time, relating their own experience in doing so. Learners’ performance was measured through the pre-test and post-test in the form of dictation and character-recognition worksheet. The results indicate that ‘Wild Association’ is effective in helping learners to recognise and write characters, and is especially more effective in helping learners to recognise characters. However, learners who underwent traditional drilling approach still outperformed those who employed ‘Wild Association’. It can be concluded that ‘Wild Association’ is a possible alternative for teaching characters in the initial stage, when characters are still foreign to learners. The result implies that ‘Wild Association’ suits the learning style of learners nowadays.
{"title":"Character Recognition Through Wild Association: an alternative in Learning Chinese Script for Beginners","authors":"K. Lam, L. Ang, W. Kuan, F. Hoe","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1223.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1223.2018","url":null,"abstract":"Learning Chinese characters can be a daunting experience for the non-native learners. This quantitative study aims to experiment the effectiveness of ‘Wild Association’ on learners’ ability to learn Chinese characters, and to determine whether these learners who use ‘Wild Association’ demonstrate higher achievement in character recognition and character writing compared to learners who study Chinese characters by drilling. Consisting of 98 learners from the elementary level of Mandarin proficiency course in UNIMAS, the learners used their own imagination to learn Chinese characters, and at the same time, relating their own experience in doing so. Learners’ performance was measured through the pre-test and post-test in the form of dictation and character-recognition worksheet. The results indicate that ‘Wild Association’ is effective in helping learners to recognise and write characters, and is especially more effective in helping learners to recognise characters. However, learners who underwent traditional drilling approach still outperformed those who employed ‘Wild Association’. It can be concluded that ‘Wild Association’ is a possible alternative for teaching characters in the initial stage, when characters are still foreign to learners. The result implies that ‘Wild Association’ suits the learning style of learners nowadays. ","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45200974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
For teachers or curriculum developers, providing students with adequate reading sources is indispensable in order to achieve impact and to meet the students’ needs. Besides, it is important to supply students with passages which are contextualised with the students’ study background and passages which can stimulate students’ interest. However, there are still inadequate sources that can be accessed by students of the Indonesian language department who attend English class to find more information about Indonesia provided in English. This study aimed to develop supplementary English reading materials mainly containing information about Indonesia. To develop the materials, the researcher used ADDIE model comprising five steps: analysing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating. The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, and observations and then were analysed by using descriptive statistics and interactive approach. The results show that the developed materials: 1) are appropriate to be used in classroom settings, 2) have fulfilled the needs of the students, 3) have exposed students to the diversity of Indonesia, and 4) have reinforced the students’ language and comprehension skills through the tasks provided in the materials.
{"title":"Development of Supplementary English Reading Materials at Yunnan Minzu University, China","authors":"U. Hadi, J. Priyana","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1610.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1610.2018","url":null,"abstract":"For teachers or curriculum developers, providing students with adequate reading sources is indispensable in order to achieve impact and to meet the students’ needs. Besides, it is important to supply students with passages which are contextualised with the students’ study background and passages which can stimulate students’ interest. However, there are still inadequate sources that can be accessed by students of the Indonesian language department who attend English class to find more information about Indonesia provided in English. This study aimed to develop supplementary English reading materials mainly containing information about Indonesia. To develop the materials, the researcher used ADDIE model comprising five steps: analysing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating. The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, and observations and then were analysed by using descriptive statistics and interactive approach. The results show that the developed materials: 1) are appropriate to be used in classroom settings, 2) have fulfilled the needs of the students, 3) have exposed students to the diversity of Indonesia, and 4) have reinforced the students’ language and comprehension skills through the tasks provided in the materials.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47311824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kepercayaan terhadap pembelajaran bahasa dapat mempengaruhi tindakan pelajar dalam pembelajaran bahasa. Selain itu, faktor kepercayaan ini juga dapat mempengaruhi pencapaian bahasa pelajar secara tidak langsung. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti jenis dan tahap kepercayaan pelajar dalam pembelajaran bahasa Arab secara keseluruhan dan berdasarkan konstruk kepercayaan utama. Seramai 350 orang pelajar tingkatan empat dari 12 buah sekolah menengah agama sekitar Kedah dipilih untuk menjawab satu set soal selidik. Data kajian ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa responden kajian ini mempunyai kepercayaan yang tinggi terhadap pembelajaran bahasa secara keseluruhan serta mengikut konstruk kepercayaan utama. Responden kajian ini didapati mempunyai kepercayaan yang tinggi dalam konstruk motivasi dan harapan. Kepercayaan terendah pula diwakili oleh konstruk kebolehan semula jadi dalam pembelajaran bahasa. Kesimpulannya, pelajar mempunyai kepercayaan tersendiri terhadap pembelajaran bahasa Arab yang dibentuk berdasarkan pengalaman pembelajaran lalu. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga memberi gambaran awal tahap kepercayaan pelajar terhadap pembelajaran bahasa Arab di peringkat menengah.
{"title":"Tahap Kepercayaan Pelajar Sekolah Menengah terhadap Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab","authors":"Nadhilah Abdul Pisal, Kamarul Shukri Mat Teh","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1617.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1617.2018","url":null,"abstract":"Kepercayaan terhadap pembelajaran bahasa dapat mempengaruhi tindakan pelajar dalam pembelajaran bahasa. Selain itu, faktor kepercayaan ini juga dapat mempengaruhi pencapaian bahasa pelajar secara tidak langsung. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti jenis dan tahap kepercayaan pelajar dalam pembelajaran bahasa Arab secara keseluruhan dan berdasarkan konstruk kepercayaan utama. Seramai 350 orang pelajar tingkatan empat dari 12 buah sekolah menengah agama sekitar Kedah dipilih untuk menjawab satu set soal selidik. Data kajian ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa responden kajian ini mempunyai kepercayaan yang tinggi terhadap pembelajaran bahasa secara keseluruhan serta mengikut konstruk kepercayaan utama. Responden kajian ini didapati mempunyai kepercayaan yang tinggi dalam konstruk motivasi dan harapan. Kepercayaan terendah pula diwakili oleh konstruk kebolehan semula jadi dalam pembelajaran bahasa. Kesimpulannya, pelajar mempunyai kepercayaan tersendiri terhadap pembelajaran bahasa Arab yang dibentuk berdasarkan pengalaman pembelajaran lalu. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga memberi gambaran awal tahap kepercayaan pelajar terhadap pembelajaran bahasa Arab di peringkat menengah.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41918098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Corpora are resourceful tools for linguistic observation, as they can provide quick statistics about a word compared with manual analysis. However, in some circumstances where qualitative analysis is needed, the use of a quantitative method may not produce the required results. Based on the keyword love, four types of materials were used to show the plausibility and implausibility of using corpora. First, romantic English songs were used to illustrate the kind of input students received from these songs. Second, we compared the songs to students’ essays on general essay topics. Then, we contrasted the first two sets of data to a native speakers’ corpus. Lastly, we showed how the creativity element can be reproduced by students through extended use of metaphors “Love is X”. While the students may have been exposed to more colloquial uses of love in love songs, their general essays showed a more neutral use, with fewer occurrences of love. In comparing the different texts, this paper will show how a corpus-based approach can be complemented by a qualitative examination of texts. Regarding pedagogical implications, corpora are a good resource of authentic materials and should be encouraged in the classroom as a reference for recurring language patterns.
{"title":"The Plausibility and Implausibility of Using Corpora","authors":"Siaw-Fong Chung","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1618.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1618.2018","url":null,"abstract":"Corpora are resourceful tools for linguistic observation, as they can provide quick statistics about a word compared with manual analysis. However, in some circumstances where qualitative analysis is needed, the use of a quantitative method may not produce the required results. Based on the keyword love, four types of materials were used to show the plausibility and implausibility of using corpora. First, romantic English songs were used to illustrate the kind of input students received from these songs. Second, we compared the songs to students’ essays on general essay topics. Then, we contrasted the first two sets of data to a native speakers’ corpus. Lastly, we showed how the creativity element can be reproduced by students through extended use of metaphors “Love is X”. While the students may have been exposed to more colloquial uses of love in love songs, their general essays showed a more neutral use, with fewer occurrences of love. In comparing the different texts, this paper will show how a corpus-based approach can be complemented by a qualitative examination of texts. Regarding pedagogical implications, corpora are a good resource of authentic materials and should be encouraged in the classroom as a reference for recurring language patterns.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41479325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Borrowing has been an important process in the development of the Malay language. Malay has a great number of borrowed terms from a variety of languages, such as Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Dutch, Hindi, Javanese, Siamese, Tamil, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and English. Among these languages, Arabic is one of the main sources of Malay borrowing. This research is a descriptive study of Malay borrowing from Arabic. It aims to produce a model of the systemic rules of standard Malay borrowing from the Arabic language. Data for this research were obtained from Kamus Dewan, the main reference for Malay lexicon. The data, then, were analysed manually based on their trends and patterns. The result of the study shows that there are several trends implemented in transferring Arabic words into Malay. This study aims to become a useful guideline for linguists and translators in borrowing new terms from Arabic.
{"title":"The Systemic Rules of Malay Standard Borrowing from Arabic: Guidelines for Linguists and Translators","authors":"Idris Mansor","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1624.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1624.2017","url":null,"abstract":"Borrowing has been an important process in the development of the Malay language. Malay has a great number of borrowed terms from a variety of languages, such as Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Dutch, Hindi, Javanese, Siamese, Tamil, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and English. Among these languages, Arabic is one of the main sources of Malay borrowing. This research is a descriptive study of Malay borrowing from Arabic. It aims to produce a model of the systemic rules of standard Malay borrowing from the Arabic language. Data for this research were obtained from Kamus Dewan, the main reference for Malay lexicon. The data, then, were analysed manually based on their trends and patterns. The result of the study shows that there are several trends implemented in transferring Arabic words into Malay. This study aims to become a useful guideline for linguists and translators in borrowing new terms from Arabic.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69674482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heritage languages are declining in Indonesia and Sarawak. They need conservation due to their situations as endemic languages. Their decline could be attributed to the fact that they often do not possess significant roles in the public domains. As a result, their speakers see little rewards or prestige for maintaining them. In Indonesian and Malaysian constitutions there is a spirit for protecting heritage languages. However, their executions, through national laws, might not have provided adequate protection for the heritage languages. As heritage languages keep declining, a policy revision needs to be given consideration. A heritage language may better survive if it has some functions in the public domains. Thus, to conserve the heritage languages, there is a need for the revision of language policy, so that these languages may have roles in the public domains, with varying scope, depending on their size. Large regional languages may be given maximum roles in the public domains, while smaller regional languages may be given smaller roles. Language conservation areas could be developed, where heritage languages serve as co-official languages, besides the national language. These areas may range from a district to a province or a state.
{"title":"A Policy Proposal for Heritage Language Conservation: A Case for Indonesia and Sarawak","authors":"B. Suwarno","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1619.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1619.2017","url":null,"abstract":"Heritage languages are declining in Indonesia and Sarawak. They need conservation due to their situations as endemic languages. Their decline could be attributed to the fact that they often do not possess significant roles in the public domains. As a result, their speakers see little rewards or prestige for maintaining them. In Indonesian and Malaysian constitutions there is a spirit for protecting heritage languages. However, their executions, through national laws, might not have provided adequate protection for the heritage languages. As heritage languages keep declining, a policy revision needs to be given consideration. A heritage language may better survive if it has some functions in the public domains. Thus, to conserve the heritage languages, there is a need for the revision of language policy, so that these languages may have roles in the public domains, with varying scope, depending on their size. Large regional languages may be given maximum roles in the public domains, while smaller regional languages may be given smaller roles. Language conservation areas could be developed, where heritage languages serve as co-official languages, besides the national language. These areas may range from a district to a province or a state.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42459578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article examines usage and use of multiword expressions (MWE) among Iban youths in Sarawak. The questionnaire data were from 80 Iban youths who had to identify 15 MWE (similar, nearly similar and different) in Malay and Iban, and use them at the word, phrase and sentence levels. The findings revealed that close to 67% of the respondents could not recognise or use expressions in Iban, suggesting some loss of productive knowledge and language empowerment. However, respondents with recent schooling experience were able to use the expressions in Malay and reproduce them in written forms. Formal instruction and the written language have helped to extend local knowledge and use of MWE expressions for Iban youths. The study suggests that documentation, preservation and maintenance efforts stand to benefit when there is greater sharing and consciousness raising of common features between and among languages in the region.
{"title":"Between Knowledge and Use of Iban and Malay Multiword Expression: An Insight into L1 and L2 Acquisition and Competence","authors":"S. Nadarajan, Fiona Balan","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1620.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1620.2017","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines usage and use of multiword expressions (MWE) among Iban youths in Sarawak. The questionnaire data were from 80 Iban youths who had to identify 15 MWE (similar, nearly similar and different) in Malay and Iban, and use them at the word, phrase and sentence levels. The findings revealed that close to 67% of the respondents could not recognise or use expressions in Iban, suggesting some loss of productive knowledge and language empowerment. However, respondents with recent schooling experience were able to use the expressions in Malay and reproduce them in written forms. Formal instruction and the written language have helped to extend local knowledge and use of MWE expressions for Iban youths. The study suggests that documentation, preservation and maintenance efforts stand to benefit when there is greater sharing and consciousness raising of common features between and among languages in the region.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46786396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Insya Allah has been part of the Indonesian language and culture for a long time. However, there were very few linguistics studies on the use of Insya Allah. This study aimed to analyse the use of Insya Allah in the Indonesian context using the pragmatic approach. A total of 100 utterances spoken by various speakers at various situations were collected. The study focused on identifying the types of speech acts performed by Insya Allah using Searle’s speech act taxonomy (Searle, 1979). At the second stage, the pragmatic functions of Insya Allah were identified using a combination of classifications used by Pishghadam and Kermananshahi (2012), Nazzal (2005), Ibrahim, Shah, and Armia (2013), and Mohamed Ali (2014). The findings showed that Insya Allah was a reliable marker for commissive and expressive speech acts. This study also found two additional pragmatic functions of Insya Allah which have not been identified in previous studies.
{"title":"Pragmatic Functions of Insya Allah in Indonesian Speeches","authors":"Hendi Pratama","doi":"10.33736/ils.1623.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.1623.2017","url":null,"abstract":"Insya Allah has been part of the Indonesian language and culture for a long time. However, there were very few linguistics studies on the use of Insya Allah. This study aimed to analyse the use of Insya Allah in the Indonesian context using the pragmatic approach. A total of 100 utterances spoken by various speakers at various situations were collected. The study focused on identifying the types of speech acts performed by Insya Allah using Searle’s speech act taxonomy (Searle, 1979). At the second stage, the pragmatic functions of Insya Allah were identified using a combination of classifications used by Pishghadam and Kermananshahi (2012), Nazzal (2005), Ibrahim, Shah, and Armia (2013), and Mohamed Ali (2014). The findings showed that Insya Allah was a reliable marker for commissive and expressive speech acts. This study also found two additional pragmatic functions of Insya Allah which have not been identified in previous studies.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41462077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We provide a bifocal account on teaching techniques and learning achievements in suggesting that Malay poems, as a resource, are beneficial to foreign language pedagogy. The teaching focus was the Malay poetic-discursive strategies at the stylistic levels. By examining the structures of three poems, the pedagogy positions Malay poems as communicative assembles of Malay linguistic categories for conveying a series of messages. A learning focus is in place toward the production of a poem in the weblogs for developing the confidence to communicate in Malay. The learning results in three submissions from four tertiary learners who produce reflective poetic expressions with visual stimulations. Their creative outputs indicate that poetry offers a cathartic avenue for developing interpersonal intelligence. Writing about sibling relationship, inter-generation gap and conviction for success, the poem project perpetuates intrinsic values thus complementing the pragmatic reasons typically associated with foreign language education. In this respect, language pedagogy using Malay poems is a value-adding practice relevant in foreign language education.
{"title":"Learning Malay with Poems: From Understanding Stylistics to Blogging Poetic Expressions","authors":"Jyh Wee Sew","doi":"10.33736/ILS.1622.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ILS.1622.2017","url":null,"abstract":"We provide a bifocal account on teaching techniques and learning achievements in suggesting that Malay poems, as a resource, are beneficial to foreign language pedagogy. The teaching focus was the Malay poetic-discursive strategies at the stylistic levels. By examining the structures of three poems, the pedagogy positions Malay poems as communicative assembles of Malay linguistic categories for conveying a series of messages. A learning focus is in place toward the production of a poem in the weblogs for developing the confidence to communicate in Malay. The learning results in three submissions from four tertiary learners who produce reflective poetic expressions with visual stimulations. Their creative outputs indicate that poetry offers a cathartic avenue for developing interpersonal intelligence. Writing about sibling relationship, inter-generation gap and conviction for success, the poem project perpetuates intrinsic values thus complementing the pragmatic reasons typically associated with foreign language education. In this respect, language pedagogy using Malay poems is a value-adding practice relevant in foreign language education.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43195588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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