Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives

Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language...

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Main Authors: Othman, Khairiah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan
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Language:English
English
Published: IDOSI Publication 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/1/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words.pdf
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author Othman, Khairiah
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description Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language dictionary. The study employs a qualitative method using document analysis and group discussions. The subjects are 21 Muslim postgraduate students pursuing Master degree in English language studies in an Islamic institution. The findings indicated that the students were aware that certain words have a different meaning in the Islamic context.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:303822020-03-17T09:20:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/ Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives Othman, Khairiah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Mat Daud, Nuraihan LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) PE English Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language dictionary. The study employs a qualitative method using document analysis and group discussions. The subjects are 21 Muslim postgraduate students pursuing Master degree in English language studies in an Islamic institution. The findings indicated that the students were aware that certain words have a different meaning in the Islamic context. IDOSI Publication 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/1/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/2/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words_SCOPUS.pdf Othman, Khairiah and Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah and Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2013) Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Special Issue 4). pp. 95-101. ISSN 1818-4952 http://idosi.org/wasj/wasj21(SLTL)13/12.pdf 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.sltl.2142
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title Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_full Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_fullStr Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_short Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_sort islamic definitions of selected english words in an english dictionary students perspectives
topic LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
PE English
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/1/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words.pdf
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