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Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia

This qualitative research aimed to explore teachers’ experience in the implementation of the new English language curriculum in Malaysian vocational colleges. The research’s focus is on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ perceptions on the new English language curriculum and its implementa...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah, Zainuddin, Dalila Syazana, Hamdan, Abdul Rahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2017
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LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80298/1/SanitahMohdYusof2017_TeachersExperienceinCurriculumImplementation.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80298/
https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n4-2.1359
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spelling my.utm.802982019-04-25T01:24:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80298/ Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah Zainuddin, Dalila Syazana Hamdan, Abdul Rahim LB2300 Higher Education This qualitative research aimed to explore teachers’ experience in the implementation of the new English language curriculum in Malaysian vocational colleges. The research’s focus is on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ perceptions on the new English language curriculum and its implementation, ESL teachers’ strategies in implementing the new English language curriculum, and the problems and challenges that they face in implementing the new English language curriculum. A full qualitative research paradigm was employed using a phenomenology design, where 6 ESL teachers from Negeri Sembilan participated to share their insights on the research topic. The research used purposive sampling method, and the participants were selected based on research location. The research instrument used to collect the data was a semi-structured interview administered via Facebook video call and recorded with Callnote application software. This approach was chosen for its feasibility and cost-saving nature. Research findings show that ESL teachers are receptive of the curriculum change and most of them understand the new curriculum well. They have positive feelings towards it despite acknowledging negative curriculum aspects, having curriculum concerns and dealing with problems and challenges. Teachers recommended for proper training and support in order to improve the teaching and learning process in ESL classroom. The implications of the research findings have been outlined and highlighted, followed by several suggestions for the stakeholders involved, including ESL teachers, policymakers, training division, and vocational college administrators. Penerbit UTM Press 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80298/1/SanitahMohdYusof2017_TeachersExperienceinCurriculumImplementation.pdf Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah and Zainuddin, Dalila Syazana and Hamdan, Abdul Rahim (2017) Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia. Sains Humanika, 9 (4-2). pp. 49-58. ISSN 2289-6996 https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n4-2.1359 DOI:10.11113/sh.v9n4-2.1359
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic LB2300 Higher Education
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Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
Zainuddin, Dalila Syazana
Hamdan, Abdul Rahim
Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
description This qualitative research aimed to explore teachers’ experience in the implementation of the new English language curriculum in Malaysian vocational colleges. The research’s focus is on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ perceptions on the new English language curriculum and its implementation, ESL teachers’ strategies in implementing the new English language curriculum, and the problems and challenges that they face in implementing the new English language curriculum. A full qualitative research paradigm was employed using a phenomenology design, where 6 ESL teachers from Negeri Sembilan participated to share their insights on the research topic. The research used purposive sampling method, and the participants were selected based on research location. The research instrument used to collect the data was a semi-structured interview administered via Facebook video call and recorded with Callnote application software. This approach was chosen for its feasibility and cost-saving nature. Research findings show that ESL teachers are receptive of the curriculum change and most of them understand the new curriculum well. They have positive feelings towards it despite acknowledging negative curriculum aspects, having curriculum concerns and dealing with problems and challenges. Teachers recommended for proper training and support in order to improve the teaching and learning process in ESL classroom. The implications of the research findings have been outlined and highlighted, followed by several suggestions for the stakeholders involved, including ESL teachers, policymakers, training division, and vocational college administrators.
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author Mohd. Yusof, Sanitah
Zainuddin, Dalila Syazana
Hamdan, Abdul Rahim
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Hamdan, Abdul Rahim
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title Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
title_short Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
title_full Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
title_fullStr Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on English language teaching in vocational colleges in Malaysia
title_sort teacher's experience in curriculum implementation : an investigation on english language teaching in vocational colleges in malaysia
publisher Penerbit UTM Press
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