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Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM

Ethnography has, as its central principle, belief that the context in which a behaviour occurs has a significant impact on that behaviour. This study is based on a four-week ethnographic study of a discourse community - the first and second year students of Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia. The st...

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Main Authors: Hazleena Baharun, Tun Nur Afizah, Rozlina Mohd Ramli, Queshaira Zainudin, Abd. Aziz Mohd, Suhaili Abd. Jalil
Format: Research Report
Language:English
Published: Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8149
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spelling my.usim-81492018-04-06T03:14:40Z Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM Hazleena Baharun Tun Nur Afizah Rozlina Mohd Ramli Queshaira Zainudin Abd. Aziz Mohd Suhaili Abd. Jalil Ethnography has, as its central principle, belief that the context in which a behaviour occurs has a significant impact on that behaviour. This study is based on a four-week ethnographic study of a discourse community - the first and second year students of Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia. The study sought to understand and comprehend the need and usage of the English language by the discourse community. Non-participant observations, specialist informants, interviews, questionnaire and reviewing relevant documents were the tools employed for data gathering purposes. The findings indicate that the English language usage is dependent on the convention laid down by the university as well as by the discourse community. And finally, the study concludes with a discussion on the implications the findings have on producing and designing authentic teaching-learning material for the discourse community. 2015-05-18T07:16:50Z 2015-05-18T07:16:50Z 2001-01-01 Research Report http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8149 en Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia
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description Ethnography has, as its central principle, belief that the context in which a behaviour occurs has a significant impact on that behaviour. This study is based on a four-week ethnographic study of a discourse community - the first and second year students of Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia. The study sought to understand and comprehend the need and usage of the English language by the discourse community. Non-participant observations, specialist informants, interviews, questionnaire and reviewing relevant documents were the tools employed for data gathering purposes. The findings indicate that the English language usage is dependent on the convention laid down by the university as well as by the discourse community. And finally, the study concludes with a discussion on the implications the findings have on producing and designing authentic teaching-learning material for the discourse community.
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author Hazleena Baharun
Tun Nur Afizah
Rozlina Mohd Ramli
Queshaira Zainudin
Abd. Aziz Mohd
Suhaili Abd. Jalil
spellingShingle Hazleena Baharun
Tun Nur Afizah
Rozlina Mohd Ramli
Queshaira Zainudin
Abd. Aziz Mohd
Suhaili Abd. Jalil
Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
author_facet Hazleena Baharun
Tun Nur Afizah
Rozlina Mohd Ramli
Queshaira Zainudin
Abd. Aziz Mohd
Suhaili Abd. Jalil
author_sort Hazleena Baharun
title Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
title_short Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
title_full Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
title_fullStr Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
title_full_unstemmed Ethnographic Study : Understanding The Usage Of English Language At KUIM
title_sort ethnographic study : understanding the usage of english language at kuim
publisher Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8149
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