Developing a content subscale to assess university students' argumentative essays by Nimehchisalem, Vahid, Mukundan, Jayakaran

“…Genre-specific scales are available to evaluate students’ writing in English as a Second Language (ESL) situations, but instructors may still feel a need to develop new scales to match their specific testing situations. …”
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Responding to literature texts through films in English and the L1 within a multiliteracies pedagogy by Rajendram, Shakina, Govindarajoo, Mallika V.

“…This article presents the results of a study exploring the aesthetic and critical responses of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners when engaging in the multimodal design of literature texts through films in English and their first language (L1). …”
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Malaysian rural ESL students critical thinking literacy level: a case study by Umar Baki, Nurshila, Rafik-Galea, Shameem, Nimehchisalem, Vahid

“…Nevertheless, more effort needs to be placed on providing skills in developing the critical thinking literacy level of English as a second language (ESL) secondary school students, and its implication on the practice of teaching and learning. …”
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Literacy on technology: what do we know about the pre-service teachers today by Tam, Suet Yet, Noordin, Nooreen

“…Technology in education, introduced in 1997 through the Smart School project, has been widely studied over the years in both within Malaysia and other developing countries that place importance on English as a second language. Given the circumstances then, in-service as well as pre-service teachers learned various information and communication technology (ICT) skills to prepare students for their future. …”
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Effects of task complexity on narrative writing performance among ESL learners by Ismail, Lilliati

“…The participants were 65 English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. The t-test results indicated that the high complexity task resulted in significantly higher syntactic complexity levels and greater fluency. …”
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Idea sharing: process-based approach to writing in Malaysian English education by Kee, Li Li, Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar

“…Concerns arise over the process-based approach, due to its lack of proper implementation in the English as a second language (ESL) writing instruction. This article provides a review of the studies conducted on the implementation of process-based approach in teaching ESL writing in Malaysian English education. …”
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Exploring TESL trainee teachers' reflective practice experiences through the use of facebook group discussion by Ariffin, Natasha, Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar

“…Therefore, this study explored the experiences of three trainee teachers from a teacher education institution in Selangor who were undertaking Diploma in Teaching (Teaching of English as a Second Language) on their use of Facebook group discussion platform to reflect on their teaching practices. …”
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Investigating Tesl Curriculum Using Tpack For 21st Century Learning Skills: A Case Study In An Institute Of Teacher Education In Malaysia by Quinie Ong, Kooi Loo

“…However, the issue on the poor quality of ICT integration in the teaching of English as a second language still persists. To address this problem, this study investigated the TESL planned curriculum, delivered curriculum and experienced curriculum in an Institute of Teacher Education (ITE) in Malaysia. …”
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A scoping review: Developing a collaborative learning culture for ESL learners by Ravana, V., Yue, W. S., Palpanadan, S. T., Noranai, Z., Harun, H., Ibrahim, M. Y., Bosro, M. Z. M.

“…This review investigates recent studies from the years 2005-2020 with empirical data on how online communication tools have been used to develop a collaborative learning culture for English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in various countries. …”
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A scoping review: developing a collaborative learning culture for ESL learners by Ravana, V., Yue, W. S., Palpanadan, S. T., Noranai, Z., Harun, H., Ibrahim, M. Y., Bosro, M. Z. M.

“…This review investigates recent studies from the years 2005-2020 with empirical data on how online communication tools have been used to develop a collaborative learning culture for English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in various countries. …”
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A new model to teach literature for pre-training teaching programmes in Malaysian schools by Abdullah, Tina, Zakaria, Mohamad Hassan, Ismail, Fauziah, Wan Mansur, Wan Fara Adlina, Abd. Aziz, Marzilah

“…The information acquired from this research was used to propose a suitable teaching model that could be adopted in the training of pre-service teacher trainees in the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) programme in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. …”
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Employing native-speaking mentors of English in Malaysia: perceptions of ESL teachers by Na, K. S., Mohamad Nor, F.

“…The Malaysian government has taken action to enhance the effectiveness of English Language among English as a second Language (ESL) student in Malaysia and the professional development of English teachers by employing native-speaking English mentors (NSEM) through teachertraining programmes such as Teaching English Language and Literacy (TELL) and English Language Teacher Development Project (ELTDP). …”

Observation of communicative language teaching (CLT) in a year 3 primary school in Johor Bahru by Mohd. Murridza, Nur Hazwani, V. Prapagara, Linda, Satanihpy @ Saidalvi, Aminabibi

“…Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has a long history in an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. It is an approach which focuses on developing learners’ communicative skills in a meaningful context. …”
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Online literature circles in learning Hamlet among pre-service teachers by Abdullah, Tina, Yee, Bee Choo, Abdul Samat, Norhanim

“…This case study aimed at investigating the perceptions on the use of online literature circles among 62 first year Teaching English as a Second Language pre-service teachers in a literature course at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. …”
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Teaching English through sports: A case study by Christopher, Anne Althea, Dzakiria, Hisham, Mohamed, Abdul Halim

“…Teaching English as a Second Language through sports activities gives immense benefits to learners.It promotes active learning of the language in any environment, whether urban or rural. …”
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Co-curricular activities and achievement in language learning of secondary school students in Nigeria by Ajoke, Alabere Rabiat, Shapii, Aspalila, Hasan, Md Kamrul

“…English as a Second Language (ESL) students in Nigeria lack access to interact with the native speakers of English, but with co-curricular activities they can be good speakers of English language.This paper investigates the impact of co-curricular activities out-side the classroom on Secondary School Students’ achievement in Nigeria. …”
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The perceptions of KUIM’s (Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia) first year undergraduates in learning English using ‘tell me more’ software by Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin

“…This paper focuses on the perceptions of students at Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia (KUIM) towards learning English as a second language using ‘Tell Me More’ software. …”
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Exploring the Use of Artificial Intelligence-based Technology to Enhance Creativity in ESL Speaking Classroom by Hazwani, Hassim, Hafizoah, Kassim, Asiah, Kassim, Murizah, Kassim

“…This paper reports a quantitative study, which investigated the application of SpeechAce, an artificial intelligence-based platform, in English as a Second Language classrooms at a secondary school in Johor, Malaysia. …”
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A Psycholinguistic Sight on Autonomous Learners in Language Learning by Suhair S. Al-Faris

“…The results show that the majority of students are not autonomous learners as most of them depend on their instructors for learning English as a second language. This research comprises four sections. …”
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ESL/EFL online lesson development (based on Skyeng practices and techniques) by K. V. Smyshlyak

“…Having analyzed various theoretical courses on communicative language teaching methods and having combined them with the incorporated Skyeng practice in teaching English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), we have come up with a certain algorithm which we advise to apply in lesson modelling: focusing on achievement aims rather than procedure aims, choosing the correct lesson structure, evaluating the studying materials and content, formulating methodological sections to aid the teachers. …”
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