Speech act of concern on the academic performance of Malaysian foster children
Language is vital in expressing concern as it allows one to explain their feelings, ideas and behaviour. Teachers and caregivers are concerned about the poor academic performance of foster children as these children have low grades on tests and high dropout rates. Those with poor academic perform...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2019
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14091/1/29480-108020-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14091/ http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1212 |
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| Summary: | Language is vital in expressing concern as it allows one to explain their feelings, ideas and
behaviour. Teachers and caregivers are concerned about the poor academic performance of
foster children as these children have low grades on tests and high dropout rates. Those with
poor academic performance might be vulnerable to secure a better life when they leave home.
Nevertheless, studies on concern in regards to Malaysian foster children’s academic issues
from a language perspective are scarce. Hence, this qualitative study uses speech act
categories and stages of concern to examine the voices of concern, of teachers and caregivers
towards the academic performance of foster children. The data were collected from semistructured
interview sessions with teachers and caregivers. Findings reveal that teachers and
caregivers are highly concerned about the poor academic performance of foster children as
their responses are most prominent in the stage of refocusing. They attempted to reach out to
address foster children’s academic needs by giving suggestions. However, they face
challenges in addressing these children’s academic needs and issues. Representative act is
highly utilised by teachers and caregivers to describe, report or explain about problems in
trying to help the children. This study contributes to the area of speech acts on concern
especially on the academic performance of foster children in Malaysia. |
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