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ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin

Presenting about controversial topics and issues is one of many activities conducted in English for specific purposes (ESP) classroom whereby students are required to present their arguments supported by acceptable reasons while also being able to challenge others views. Both skills, if developed we...

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Main Authors: Musahar, Roselina, Aminullah, Rosita, Nordin, Noli Maishara
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Institutions of higher education
Malaysia
PE English language
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68003/1/68003.PDF
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spelling my.uitm.ir.680032023-02-14T08:19:42Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68003/ ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin Musahar, Roselina Aminullah, Rosita Nordin, Noli Maishara Institutions of higher education Malaysia PE English language Presenting about controversial topics and issues is one of many activities conducted in English for specific purposes (ESP) classroom whereby students are required to present their arguments supported by acceptable reasons while also being able to challenge others views. Both skills, if developed we can have positive impacts on the speaker and the audience. This pilot study is aimed at investigating the relationship between the argument skills and counter argument skills among ESP Malay students. Participants of the study were UiTM Pahang diploma students in their fifth semester. The data was taken from students' speaking assessment marks for argument and counter argument skills in presenting arguments in their Introduction to Critical Thinking (BEL313) course. The data collected were analysed using SPSS version 18 for Windows to provide indicators that reflect the relationship between argument skills and counter argument skills of these students. The study revealed that there was a fair connection between the skills of argument and counter argument. The findings suggest further development of both skills is essential and beneficial where later in live they will encounter many more issues and disputes to evaluate and differentiate between what are relevant and irrelevant to them. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68003/1/68003.PDF ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin. (2015) In: KONAKA Konferensi Akademik 2015 Pelestarian Warisan Melayu Pencetus Penambahan Ilmu, 4 November 2015, Al-Biruni , UiTM Cawangan Pahang.
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Malaysia
PE English language
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Malaysia
PE English language
Musahar, Roselina
Aminullah, Rosita
Nordin, Noli Maishara
ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
description Presenting about controversial topics and issues is one of many activities conducted in English for specific purposes (ESP) classroom whereby students are required to present their arguments supported by acceptable reasons while also being able to challenge others views. Both skills, if developed we can have positive impacts on the speaker and the audience. This pilot study is aimed at investigating the relationship between the argument skills and counter argument skills among ESP Malay students. Participants of the study were UiTM Pahang diploma students in their fifth semester. The data was taken from students' speaking assessment marks for argument and counter argument skills in presenting arguments in their Introduction to Critical Thinking (BEL313) course. The data collected were analysed using SPSS version 18 for Windows to provide indicators that reflect the relationship between argument skills and counter argument skills of these students. The study revealed that there was a fair connection between the skills of argument and counter argument. The findings suggest further development of both skills is essential and beneficial where later in live they will encounter many more issues and disputes to evaluate and differentiate between what are relevant and irrelevant to them.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Musahar, Roselina
Aminullah, Rosita
Nordin, Noli Maishara
author_facet Musahar, Roselina
Aminullah, Rosita
Nordin, Noli Maishara
author_sort Musahar, Roselina
title ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
title_short ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
title_full ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
title_fullStr ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
title_full_unstemmed ESP Malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / Roselina Musahar, Rosita Aminullah and Noli Maishara Nordin
title_sort esp malay learner's critical thinking skills: presenting arguments and counter arguments / roselina musahar, rosita aminullah and noli maishara nordin
publishDate 2015
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68003/1/68003.PDF
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