The Jawi script is a Malay traditional writing system adapted from the Arabic alphabet which was once used widely during the reign of the British Empire before Romanisation of the Malay writing system took place. It is regarded as a national heritage of Malaysia due to the fact that Bahasa Melayu is the national language of the country. There have been many initiatives taken by the government in preserving the Jawi script including the insertion of Jawi lessons in the Bahasa Melayu subject at the primary school level. However, the new education policy has roused an argument among Malaysians, particularly non-Malays who have been in disagreement towards the new syllabus implemented. The study examined the perceptions and attitudes of non-Malays in Malaysia towards the Jawi script. This descriptive study involved 30 respondents who were approached and invited to participate in the survey. The result portrayed that the participants showed neutral perceptions towards the Jawi script on the basis that it has its own artistic values that should be preserved.
{"title":"Perception of Non-Malay Malaysians Towards the Jawi Script as a National Heritage","authors":"A. Ramli","doi":"10.33736/ils.2643.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2643.2021","url":null,"abstract":"The Jawi script is a Malay traditional writing system adapted from the Arabic alphabet which was once used widely during the reign of the British Empire before Romanisation of the Malay writing system took place. It is regarded as a national heritage of Malaysia due to the fact that Bahasa Melayu is the national language of the country. There have been many initiatives taken by the government in preserving the Jawi script including the insertion of Jawi lessons in the Bahasa Melayu subject at the primary school level. However, the new education policy has roused an argument among Malaysians, particularly non-Malays who have been in disagreement towards the new syllabus implemented. The study examined the perceptions and attitudes of non-Malays in Malaysia towards the Jawi script. This descriptive study involved 30 respondents who were approached and invited to participate in the survey. The result portrayed that the participants showed neutral perceptions towards the Jawi script on the basis that it has its own artistic values that should be preserved.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41256148","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}
Dalam pembelajaran bahasa Tamil, para pelajar sering menghadapi masalah untuk menguasai kata kerja dalam pembelajaran tatabahasa bahasa Tamil dengan baik. Penggunaan modul tatabahasa dengan Strategi Dekonstruktivisme sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam pengajaran akan membantu pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Justeru kajian ini dijalankan untuk membina modul pengajaran tatabahasa Bahasa Tamil dengan meninjau pendapat 10 orang panel pakar, dan seterusnya menganalisis pencapaian pelajar sebelum dan selepas penggunaan modul dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran tatabahasa kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Teori Konstruktivisme dan Teori Interaksionalisme diaplikasikan dalam pembinaan modul tatabahasa kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Dalam kajian ini, 70 orang pelajar Tingkatan 4 dipilih sebagai kumpulan eksperimen dan pencapaian pelajar diukur sebelum dan selepas menggunakan modul dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil yang menggunakan modul dapat meningkatkan pencapaian pelajar secara signifikan.
{"title":"Pembinaan, Pelaksanaan dan Kesan Modul Tatabahasa Bahasa Tamil Berpandukan Teori Interaksional, Teori Konstruktivisme dan Strategi Dekonstruktivisme dalam Kalangan Pelajar Tingkatan Empat","authors":"F. P. Chew, Rathidevi Shanmugama, M. Ramasamy","doi":"10.33736/ils.2580.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2580.2021","url":null,"abstract":"Dalam pembelajaran bahasa Tamil, para pelajar sering menghadapi masalah untuk menguasai kata kerja dalam pembelajaran tatabahasa bahasa Tamil dengan baik. Penggunaan modul tatabahasa dengan Strategi Dekonstruktivisme sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam pengajaran akan membantu pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Justeru kajian ini dijalankan untuk membina modul pengajaran tatabahasa Bahasa Tamil dengan meninjau pendapat 10 orang panel pakar, dan seterusnya menganalisis pencapaian pelajar sebelum dan selepas penggunaan modul dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran tatabahasa kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Teori Konstruktivisme dan Teori Interaksionalisme diaplikasikan dalam pembinaan modul tatabahasa kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Dalam kajian ini, 70 orang pelajar Tingkatan 4 dipilih sebagai kumpulan eksperimen dan pencapaian pelajar diukur sebelum dan selepas menggunakan modul dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pengajaran dan pembelajaran kata kerja bahasa Tamil yang menggunakan modul dapat meningkatkan pencapaian pelajar secara signifikan.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41396309","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}
Family language policy comprises three components, namely, ideology, practice, and management. Using the conceptual framework of family language policy, this study draws on data from semi-structured interviews and participant observation to explore the role of mothers in the process of language maintenance and language shift in Malaysia. First, it investigates the language choices and ideologies of four Chinese single mothers from Penang that lead to speaking heritage languages and/or dominant languages with their children. Second, it examines the strategies for heritage culture maintenance adopted by these mothers. The study found that two of the mothers speak Chinese heritage languages with their children to reinforce emotional attachment and family cohesion. Conversely, two other mothers face socioeconomic and educational pressures in relation to maintaining Chinese heritage languages, which trigger a shift to using dominant languages such as Mandarin Chinese and English with their children. Nevertheless, all four mothers made efforts in exposing their children to ethnic Chinese cultures. The findings indicate that maintaining heritage languages in the current era has become a challenge for many families in Malaysia while speaking dominant languages is becoming a necessity.
{"title":"Family Language Policy, Language Maintenance and Language Shift: Perspectives from Ethnic Chinese Single Mothers in Malaysia","authors":"T. Ong","doi":"10.33736/ils.3075.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.3075.2021","url":null,"abstract":"Family language policy comprises three components, namely, ideology, practice, and management. Using the conceptual framework of family language policy, this study draws on data from semi-structured interviews and participant observation to explore the role of mothers in the process of language maintenance and language shift in Malaysia. First, it investigates the language choices and ideologies of four Chinese single mothers from Penang that lead to speaking heritage languages and/or dominant languages with their children. Second, it examines the strategies for heritage culture maintenance adopted by these mothers. The study found that two of the mothers speak Chinese heritage languages with their children to reinforce emotional attachment and family cohesion. Conversely, two other mothers face socioeconomic and educational pressures in relation to maintaining Chinese heritage languages, which trigger a shift to using dominant languages such as Mandarin Chinese and English with their children. Nevertheless, all four mothers made efforts in exposing their children to ethnic Chinese cultures. The findings indicate that maintaining heritage languages in the current era has become a challenge for many families in Malaysia while speaking dominant languages is becoming a necessity.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47846107","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}
Kemajuan teknologi maklumat berteraskan rangkaian jalur lebar antarabangsa telah mengubah komunikasi konvensional kepada komunikasi moden dalam talian. Komuniti dalam talian yang terdiri daripada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat tanpa mengira usia, gender, pendidikan dan status yang dilihat menggunakan bahasa dan menukar makna sesuatu kata dengan sewenang-wenangnya. Sesuatu kata yang digunakan oleh komuniti ini ada kalanya menjadi tular secara drastik dan meluas. Oleh itu, makalah ini meneliti kata-kata yang tular di media dalam talian dengan memanfaatkan Teori Tangan Ghaib oleh Keller (1994). Kajian ini juga menggunakan tiga buah kamus terpilih, iaitu A Malay-English Dictionary oleh Wilkinson (1901), Kamus Bahasa Melayu oleh Windstedt (1960), dan Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat (2007) dalam memperlihatkan kepelbagaian makna menerusi masa dan enjin carian Google Trends untuk melihat trend carian popular netizen. Hasil kajian mendapati kesemua kata yang tular di media dalam talian berubah makna dan menyimpang daripada maksud asalnya di dalam kamus. Perubahan ini lazimnya disebabkan oleh perbezaan dalam sesebuah masyarakat daripada faktor sekeliling seperti sosioekonomi, sosiopolitik dan sebagainya. Oleh itu, kajian berkenaan perubahan bahasa masyarakat ini dapat menyumbang kepada pemerian makna baharu dalam kamus yang memberikan impak kepada pertambahan khazanah makna dalam kosa kata masyarakat dan menjadi pendokumentasian penting dalam memartabatkan bahasa negara bangsa.
{"title":"Dinamik Bahasa Media dalam Talian: Sumbangan Terhadap Perkamusan Melayu di Malaysia","authors":"W. A. M. Osman, W. A. M. Osman","doi":"10.33736/ils.2546.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2546.2021","url":null,"abstract":"Kemajuan teknologi maklumat berteraskan rangkaian jalur lebar antarabangsa telah mengubah komunikasi konvensional kepada komunikasi moden dalam talian. Komuniti dalam talian yang terdiri daripada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat tanpa mengira usia, gender, pendidikan dan status yang dilihat menggunakan bahasa dan menukar makna sesuatu kata dengan sewenang-wenangnya. Sesuatu kata yang digunakan oleh komuniti ini ada kalanya menjadi tular secara drastik dan meluas. Oleh itu, makalah ini meneliti kata-kata yang tular di media dalam talian dengan memanfaatkan Teori Tangan Ghaib oleh Keller (1994). Kajian ini juga menggunakan tiga buah kamus terpilih, iaitu A Malay-English Dictionary oleh Wilkinson (1901), Kamus Bahasa Melayu oleh Windstedt (1960), dan Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat (2007) dalam memperlihatkan kepelbagaian makna menerusi masa dan enjin carian Google Trends untuk melihat trend carian popular netizen. Hasil kajian mendapati kesemua kata yang tular di media dalam talian berubah makna dan menyimpang daripada maksud asalnya di dalam kamus. Perubahan ini lazimnya disebabkan oleh perbezaan dalam sesebuah masyarakat daripada faktor sekeliling seperti sosioekonomi, sosiopolitik dan sebagainya. Oleh itu, kajian berkenaan perubahan bahasa masyarakat ini dapat menyumbang kepada pemerian makna baharu dalam kamus yang memberikan impak kepada pertambahan khazanah makna dalam kosa kata masyarakat dan menjadi pendokumentasian penting dalam memartabatkan bahasa negara bangsa.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44703934","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}
Kajian ini membincangkan mengenai uslub amr terhadap wanita dalam dalam surah al-Baqarah. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti bentuk dan tujuan amr bagi konteks iddah dan penyusuan dalam surah al-Baqarah serta rahsia tersirat penggunaan uslub amr terhadap wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah. Kajian ini merupakan kajian kualitatif yang menggunakan teknik analisis teks mengikut Kuckartz (2014) berdasarkan konteks ayat. Penulis menggunakan teori utama, iaitu Teori ‘Abbas (1997) dan Teori Wahbah Al-Zuhayliy (1991). Dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat dua konteks yang melibatkan wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah, iaitu iddah dan penyusuan. Secara keseluruhannya, terdapat tiga ayat berkaitan wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah yang menggunakan satu bentuk amr sahaja iaitu uslub khabariy yang memberi makna insyaiy. Ketiga-tiga ayat amr tersebut mempunyai makna hakiki atau secara langsung iaitu wajib dan sunat. Secara kesimpulannya, bagi mesej tersirat penggunaan uslub amr kepada wanita iaitu uslub khabariy yang memberi makna insyaiy adalah bersifat kelembutan kerana ia melibatkan perkara-perkara yang sukar. Justeru, jelas menunjukkan bahawa ayat-ayat amr bagi konteks iddah dan penyusuan mempunyai makna hakiki dan bersifat kelembutan.
{"title":"Keindahan Penggunaan Uslub Amr Terhadap Wanita dalam Surah Al-Baqarah","authors":"Mat Taib Bin Pa, Nurul Huda Hamzah","doi":"10.33736/ils.2601.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2601.2021","url":null,"abstract":"Kajian ini membincangkan mengenai uslub amr terhadap wanita dalam dalam surah al-Baqarah. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti bentuk dan tujuan amr bagi konteks iddah dan penyusuan dalam surah al-Baqarah serta rahsia tersirat penggunaan uslub amr terhadap wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah. Kajian ini merupakan kajian kualitatif yang menggunakan teknik analisis teks mengikut Kuckartz (2014) berdasarkan konteks ayat. Penulis menggunakan teori utama, iaitu Teori ‘Abbas (1997) dan Teori Wahbah Al-Zuhayliy (1991). Dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat dua konteks yang melibatkan wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah, iaitu iddah dan penyusuan. Secara keseluruhannya, terdapat tiga ayat berkaitan wanita dalam surah al-Baqarah yang menggunakan satu bentuk amr sahaja iaitu uslub khabariy yang memberi makna insyaiy. Ketiga-tiga ayat amr tersebut mempunyai makna hakiki atau secara langsung iaitu wajib dan sunat. Secara kesimpulannya, bagi mesej tersirat penggunaan uslub amr kepada wanita iaitu uslub khabariy yang memberi makna insyaiy adalah bersifat kelembutan kerana ia melibatkan perkara-perkara yang sukar. Justeru, jelas menunjukkan bahawa ayat-ayat amr bagi konteks iddah dan penyusuan mempunyai makna hakiki dan bersifat kelembutan.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42305645","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}
Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis implikatur (makna tersirat) dalam sastera rakyat Melayu Sarawak, iaitu naratif Puteri Santubong dan Puteri Sejinjang dengan mempertalikan politik tempatan. Pengkaji telah mentafsirkan implikatur yang terkandung dalam naratif tersebut berpandukan analisis pragmatik iaitu Teori Relevans (TR) oleh Sperber dan Wilson. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa eksplikatur seperti “Puteri Santubong”, “Puteri Sejinjang”, “kisah lama, zaman mensia maya”, “penjaga”, “manis”, “anak dak dewa turun kayangan”, “bertenun kain”, “malam”, “menumbuk padi” dan “siang” sebenarnya mempunyai implikatur yang dapat diasosiasikan dengan konteks semasa. Hal ini selaras dengan peranan sastera rakyat yang begitu sarat dengan unsur nasihat dan sindiran secara halus supaya masyarakat kini tidak mengulangi kesilapan yang berlaku dalam naratif Puteri Santubong dan Puteri Sejinjang ini. Rumusannya, berbekalkan konteks, kesan kognitif dan usaha memproses maklumat, mesej secara tersirat dalam naratif ini dapat mengalami peluasan makna berdasarkan keadaan politik tempatan.
{"title":"Naratif Puteri Santubong dan Puteri Sejinjang Mempertalikan Politik Tempatan: Analisis Pragmatik","authors":"M. Daud, Mary Fatimah Subet","doi":"10.33736/ils.2552.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2552.2021","url":null,"abstract":"Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis implikatur (makna tersirat) dalam sastera rakyat Melayu Sarawak, iaitu naratif Puteri Santubong dan Puteri Sejinjang dengan mempertalikan politik tempatan. Pengkaji telah mentafsirkan implikatur yang terkandung dalam naratif tersebut berpandukan analisis pragmatik iaitu Teori Relevans (TR) oleh Sperber dan Wilson. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa eksplikatur seperti “Puteri Santubong”, “Puteri Sejinjang”, “kisah lama, zaman mensia maya”, “penjaga”, “manis”, “anak dak dewa turun kayangan”, “bertenun kain”, “malam”, “menumbuk padi” dan “siang” sebenarnya mempunyai implikatur yang dapat diasosiasikan dengan konteks semasa. Hal ini selaras dengan peranan sastera rakyat yang begitu sarat dengan unsur nasihat dan sindiran secara halus supaya masyarakat kini tidak mengulangi kesilapan yang berlaku dalam naratif Puteri Santubong dan Puteri Sejinjang ini. Rumusannya, berbekalkan konteks, kesan kognitif dan usaha memproses maklumat, mesej secara tersirat dalam naratif ini dapat mengalami peluasan makna berdasarkan keadaan politik tempatan.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48836454","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}
The systematic description of African Englishes, including Zimbabwean English (ZE) is gradually increasing in the continent’s ongoing sociolinguistic research. The purpose of this contribution is to investigate the progress currently made in stabilising the Zimbabwean variety of English since its emergence in the 1980s using Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic framework for stabilisation of “New Englishes”. ZE is perceived to be at the nativisation stage, encompassing indigenisation of Standard English before a full adoption into a new socio-cultural context. Evidence of nativisation includes phonological innovations and structural indigenisation of English. It is noted that complete nativisation would follow after full adoption and functionalisation by the speech community. Furthermore, the study establishes that the task at hand is to carry out in-depth research that probes deeper into ZE’s evolution process; explaining its key structural features and its sociolinguistic traits. This will uncover its general linguistic behaviour, functional role and possibly strengthen its visibility, use and eventual growth. One major limitation of the study is that its focus is restricted to the Zimbabwean variety of English. Recommended future studies should include comparative studies of the development of “New Englishes” in other outer circle regions, so as to methodologically inform the stabilisation process of ZE.
{"title":"Towards the Stabilisation of Zimbabwean English: Progress and Prospects","authors":"Clemenciana Mukenge","doi":"10.33736/ils.2789.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2789.2021","url":null,"abstract":"The systematic description of African Englishes, including Zimbabwean English (ZE) is gradually increasing in the continent’s ongoing sociolinguistic research. The purpose of this contribution is to investigate the progress currently made in stabilising the Zimbabwean variety of English since its emergence in the 1980s using Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic framework for stabilisation of “New Englishes”. ZE is perceived to be at the nativisation stage, encompassing indigenisation of Standard English before a full adoption into a new socio-cultural context. Evidence of nativisation includes phonological innovations and structural indigenisation of English. It is noted that complete nativisation would follow after full adoption and functionalisation by the speech community. Furthermore, the study establishes that the task at hand is to carry out in-depth research that probes deeper into ZE’s evolution process; explaining its key structural features and its sociolinguistic traits. This will uncover its general linguistic behaviour, functional role and possibly strengthen its visibility, use and eventual growth. One major limitation of the study is that its focus is restricted to the Zimbabwean variety of English. Recommended future studies should include comparative studies of the development of “New Englishes” in other outer circle regions, so as to methodologically inform the stabilisation process of ZE.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48346632","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}
In examining Hokkien as a heritage language in Singapore, this discussion hopes to contribute to an enriching of the perception of citizenship in an ever-evolving national narrative towards one people (Mathew, 2017). The Singapore Census of Population statistics indicate that 11% of ethnic local Chinese households speak Hokkien. Singaporean television serials and movies that use Hokkien as the medium of narration achieve encouraging viewership and box office ratings, hinting that Hokkien is understood, or appreciated by a significant number of the local population as a language of prominence. Therefore, since Hokkien holds a key to common Chinese Singaporean cultural memories, this paper contemplates if learning Hokkien could cultivate a collective resilience when balancing professional, and personal challenges. To this end, 冰冰Show, a contemporary Taiwanese variety program available on YouTube, is used to evaluate the potential power of this language in nurturing citizenship.
{"title":"Hokkien as a Heritage Language of Citizenry in Singapore","authors":"Jyh Wee Sew","doi":"10.33736/ils.2393.2020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2393.2020","url":null,"abstract":"In examining Hokkien as a heritage language in Singapore, this discussion hopes to contribute to an enriching of the perception of citizenship in an ever-evolving national narrative towards one people (Mathew, 2017). The Singapore Census of Population statistics indicate that 11% of ethnic local Chinese households speak Hokkien. Singaporean television serials and movies that use Hokkien as the medium of narration achieve encouraging viewership and box office ratings, hinting that Hokkien is understood, or appreciated by a significant number of the local population as a language of prominence. Therefore, since Hokkien holds a key to common Chinese Singaporean cultural memories, this paper contemplates if learning Hokkien could cultivate a collective resilience when balancing professional, and personal challenges. To this end, 冰冰Show, a contemporary Taiwanese variety program available on YouTube, is used to evaluate the potential power of this language in nurturing citizenship.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48208784","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}
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of translators to translate idiomatic collocations in Quranic text. Quranic collocations have the features of containing figurative or idiomatic meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the components. It is a rhetorical feature that distinguishes Quranic ones. The methodology of this study is descriptive-qualitative. An interpretive analysis is used to examine the data. The authors rely on Baker’s (1992) model which indicates that cultural-specific collocations constitute a problem in translation. The findings of the study show that not all translators were aware of the idiomatic meaning of collocations. This non-awareness results in the inability, by some translators, to translate such collocations equivalently. The study also reveals that literal translation is not a functional strategy to translate idiomatic collocations. Therefore, translators should support their translations by a functional strategy. The findings of the present study have pedagogical implications for the translators in general, translators of Quranic texts and translation students and teachers. Such findings present an essential resource for researchers of Quranic translations, idiomatic meaning of the Quran and problems of Quranic translation between Arabic and English.
{"title":"The English Translation of Idiomatic Collocations in The Noble Quran: Problem and Solutions","authors":"A. Obeidat, T. Mahadi","doi":"10.33736/ils.2246.2020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2246.2020","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of translators to translate idiomatic collocations in Quranic text. Quranic collocations have the features of containing figurative or idiomatic meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the components. It is a rhetorical feature that distinguishes Quranic ones. The methodology of this study is descriptive-qualitative. An interpretive analysis is used to examine the data. The authors rely on Baker’s (1992) model which indicates that cultural-specific collocations constitute a problem in translation. The findings of the study show that not all translators were aware of the idiomatic meaning of collocations. This non-awareness results in the inability, by some translators, to translate such collocations equivalently. The study also reveals that literal translation is not a functional strategy to translate idiomatic collocations. Therefore, translators should support their translations by a functional strategy. The findings of the present study have pedagogical implications for the translators in general, translators of Quranic texts and translation students and teachers. Such findings present an essential resource for researchers of Quranic translations, idiomatic meaning of the Quran and problems of Quranic translation between Arabic and English.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46918548","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}
Incentives, drives and motivation are the main terms in psychology that strengthen the persistence towards the desired achievement. This paper investigates teachers and students’ perception of how motivation can be promoted and consolidated in the EFL classroom. More precisely, how teachers can raise the level of motivation inside and outside the language classroom. The significance of this study lies in the fact that once learners are motivated, they can easily realise that they are achieving a purpose of their language learning and that they are more willing to accept the challenge of some demanding tasks. In this study two questionnaires were used: one for 46 teachers (in English) and one for 75 students (in Arabic). Teachers were in favour of almost every item related to motivation, and their average scores were higher of than that of the students. Probably experience and knowledge of the issue played a major factor. In general, the questionnaires for both groups yielded higher results than the calculated average for every group; for teachers, it was 72%, and it was 60% for the students. In conclusion, encouragement, appraisal, and motivation are important in classroom activities to raise language learning awareness and learning persistence.
{"title":"A Survey of Motivation in EFL Classes from the Perspective of Learners and Teachers","authors":"A. Al-Quyadi, Bakil Alwass","doi":"10.33736/ils.2434.2020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.2434.2020","url":null,"abstract":"Incentives, drives and motivation are the main terms in psychology that strengthen the persistence towards the desired achievement. This paper investigates teachers and students’ perception of how motivation can be promoted and consolidated in the EFL classroom. More precisely, how teachers can raise the level of motivation inside and outside the language classroom. The significance of this study lies in the fact that once learners are motivated, they can easily realise that they are achieving a purpose of their language learning and that they are more willing to accept the challenge of some demanding tasks. In this study two questionnaires were used: one for 46 teachers (in English) and one for 75 students (in Arabic). Teachers were in favour of almost every item related to motivation, and their average scores were higher of than that of the students. Probably experience and knowledge of the issue played a major factor. In general, the questionnaires for both groups yielded higher results than the calculated average for every group; for teachers, it was 72%, and it was 60% for the students. In conclusion, encouragement, appraisal, and motivation are important in classroom activities to raise language learning awareness and learning persistence.","PeriodicalId":36177,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47033274","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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