Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students

The use of English language becomes increasingly important, either in educational sector or working sector.The role of social capital should be taken into consideration in helping the students to achieve their academic success. Previous findings indicated that students with limited use of English...

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Autori principali: Hamzah, Muhammad Sodbir, Abdullah, Hussin, Ahmad, Mazida
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Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2015
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Accesso online:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16818/1/20.pdf
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author Hamzah, Muhammad Sodbir
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description The use of English language becomes increasingly important, either in educational sector or working sector.The role of social capital should be taken into consideration in helping the students to achieve their academic success. Previous findings indicated that students with limited use of English faced problems in advance subjects.Thus, this study examines the effect of English language proficiency towards social capital and academic achievement.This study employed the survey research design and the sample comprised of 81 undergraduate students enrolled in Economics courses from year two and three in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The instruments were adapted based on the constructs in the structural model developed.The data has been analysed using Structural Equation Modelling to enable simultaneous analysis of all the constructs and estimate the magnitude of the direct and indirect effects between the constructs.The findings show that there is a significant direct effect of English Language Proficiency (ELP) towards Academic Achievements (AA) and Social Capital Outside Family (SCOF), and from social capital outside family towards academic achievements.The mediating effect of social capital outside family towards English Language Proficiency (ELP) and Academic Achievement (AA) among economics students in UUM was significant.The findings suggest for more activities geared towards increasing students’ English language proficiency to help them to increase their academic achievements.
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spelling uum-168182016-04-13T06:25:15Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16818/ Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students Hamzah, Muhammad Sodbir Abdullah, Hussin Ahmad, Mazida LB2300 Higher Education PE English The use of English language becomes increasingly important, either in educational sector or working sector.The role of social capital should be taken into consideration in helping the students to achieve their academic success. Previous findings indicated that students with limited use of English faced problems in advance subjects.Thus, this study examines the effect of English language proficiency towards social capital and academic achievement.This study employed the survey research design and the sample comprised of 81 undergraduate students enrolled in Economics courses from year two and three in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The instruments were adapted based on the constructs in the structural model developed.The data has been analysed using Structural Equation Modelling to enable simultaneous analysis of all the constructs and estimate the magnitude of the direct and indirect effects between the constructs.The findings show that there is a significant direct effect of English Language Proficiency (ELP) towards Academic Achievements (AA) and Social Capital Outside Family (SCOF), and from social capital outside family towards academic achievements.The mediating effect of social capital outside family towards English Language Proficiency (ELP) and Academic Achievement (AA) among economics students in UUM was significant.The findings suggest for more activities geared towards increasing students’ English language proficiency to help them to increase their academic achievements. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16818/1/20.pdf Hamzah, Muhammad Sodbir and Abdullah, Hussin and Ahmad, Mazida (2015) Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students. International Journal of Business and Society, 16 (3). pp. 453-469. ISSN 1511-6670 http://www.ijbs.unimas.my/content-abstract/current-issue/item/328-effect-of-english-proficiency-on-social-capital-and-academic-achievement-among-economic-students.html
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title Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students
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title_full_unstemmed Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students
title_short Effect of English proficiency on social capital and academic achievement among economic students
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