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The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The availability and diversity of instructional methods in English classroom has increased tremendously in the last decade. As a result, the lecture format has been redesigned and more interactive teaching and learning strategies have been developed. Hence, this paper explores the effect of active l...

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Main Authors: Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny, Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq, Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz
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Language:English
Published: UMK Press 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/1/The%20Effect%20of%20Active%20Learning%20Strategies%20on%20Students%E2%80%99%20Attitudes%20Towards.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/
http://insaniah.umk.edu.my/journal/index.php/insaniah/issue/view/5
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spelling my.umk.eprints.75882022-05-23T15:29:09Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/ The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz The availability and diversity of instructional methods in English classroom has increased tremendously in the last decade. As a result, the lecture format has been redesigned and more interactive teaching and learning strategies have been developed. Hence, this paper explores the effect of active learning on students’ attitudes in learning English as a second language (ESL). Active learning techniques were employed in teaching and learning process for the duration of 12 weeks. At the end of the semester session 2017/2018, a set of questionnaire on students’ attitudes towards English language and active learning was administered to 100 foundation students of English language course at Universiti Teknologi Petronas. The descriptive quantitative analysis was employed to analyse the data by using IBM SPSS statistical software. Findings of the study show that most students have positive attitude towards both English and the use of active learning to teach English. Besides, the higher-order cognitive skill and soft-skill could be developed through the use of active learning strategies. UMK Press 2018 Non-Indexed Article PeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/1/The%20Effect%20of%20Active%20Learning%20Strategies%20on%20Students%E2%80%99%20Attitudes%20Towards.pdf Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny and Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq and Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz (2018) The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas. INSANIAH: Online Journal of Language, Communication, and Humanities, 1 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2637-0360 http://insaniah.umk.edu.my/journal/index.php/insaniah/issue/view/5
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description The availability and diversity of instructional methods in English classroom has increased tremendously in the last decade. As a result, the lecture format has been redesigned and more interactive teaching and learning strategies have been developed. Hence, this paper explores the effect of active learning on students’ attitudes in learning English as a second language (ESL). Active learning techniques were employed in teaching and learning process for the duration of 12 weeks. At the end of the semester session 2017/2018, a set of questionnaire on students’ attitudes towards English language and active learning was administered to 100 foundation students of English language course at Universiti Teknologi Petronas. The descriptive quantitative analysis was employed to analyse the data by using IBM SPSS statistical software. Findings of the study show that most students have positive attitude towards both English and the use of active learning to teach English. Besides, the higher-order cognitive skill and soft-skill could be developed through the use of active learning strategies.
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author Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny
Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq
Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz
spellingShingle Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny
Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq
Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz
The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
author_facet Kamarulzaman, Laily Murny
Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Taufiq
Wan Daud, Wan Ab Aziz
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title The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
title_short The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
title_full The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
title_fullStr The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
title_full_unstemmed The effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards English: a study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas
title_sort effect of active learning strategies on students’ attitudes towards english: a study at universiti teknologi petronas
publisher UMK Press
publishDate 2018
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/1/The%20Effect%20of%20Active%20Learning%20Strategies%20on%20Students%E2%80%99%20Attitudes%20Towards.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7588/
http://insaniah.umk.edu.my/journal/index.php/insaniah/issue/view/5
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