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Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students

Communication poses several problems, particularly to English second language (ESL) learners. In overcoming these problems, some ESL learners employ communicative strategies. This study reports the efforts undertaken by Malaysian ESL learners in enhancing their communication with the native speakers...

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Main Authors:	Puteh, Marlia, Abu Bakar, Shahirah, Mohamad, Ayu Rita, Ramly, Lili Zahra, Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza, Zainon, Othman, Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam, Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana, Lai, Effie Law Chong, Bannister, Nigel
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Language:	English
Published:	Horizon Research Publishing 2020
Subjects:	L Education (General) PE English
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/1/MarliaPuteh2020_OnlineCollaborativeLearningviaAstronomyOnline.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/ http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.082306
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spelling	my.utm.913132021-06-30T12:07:36Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/ Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students Puteh, Marlia Abu Bakar, Shahirah Mohamad, Ayu Rita Ramly, Lili Zahra Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza Zainon, Othman Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana Lai, Effie Law Chong Bannister, Nigel L Education (General) PE English Communication poses several problems, particularly to English second language (ESL) learners. In overcoming these problems, some ESL learners employ communicative strategies. This study reports the efforts undertaken by Malaysian ESL learners in enhancing their communication with the native speakers during collaborative cross-cultural online activities through Astronomy Online Lab (AOL). This AOL module was utilized to achieve twofold objectives namely enhancing students' communication skills and promoting knowledge exchange during the live discussions. 29 undergraduate students from a Malaysian public university and a UK university explored the Astronomy topics online and experienced the simulation during the two live sessions conducted for one month. Data were collected from a face-to-face interview with all the Malaysian students. The students' expectations before the live sessions, difficulties confronted when communicating with the native speakers, the communicative strategies and experience during the interactive activities were explored. The findings revealed that conversational issues such as the native's accent and the challenge in formulating strategies for solving communication problems during the conversations posed difficulties to the students. A general pattern of indirect and interactional communicative strategies as promoted by Dörnyei and Scott (1997) was evident during the interactions. Horizon Research Publishing 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/1/MarliaPuteh2020_OnlineCollaborativeLearningviaAstronomyOnline.pdf Puteh, Marlia and Abu Bakar, Shahirah and Mohamad, Ayu Rita and Ramly, Lili Zahra and Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza and Zainon, Othman and Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam and Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana and Lai, Effie Law Chong and Bannister, Nigel (2020) Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8 (11C). pp. 45-54. ISSN 2332-3205 http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.082306 DOI:10.13189/ujer.2020.082306
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) PE English Puteh, Marlia Abu Bakar, Shahirah Mohamad, Ayu Rita Ramly, Lili Zahra Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza Zainon, Othman Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana Lai, Effie Law Chong Bannister, Nigel Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
description	Communication poses several problems, particularly to English second language (ESL) learners. In overcoming these problems, some ESL learners employ communicative strategies. This study reports the efforts undertaken by Malaysian ESL learners in enhancing their communication with the native speakers during collaborative cross-cultural online activities through Astronomy Online Lab (AOL). This AOL module was utilized to achieve twofold objectives namely enhancing students' communication skills and promoting knowledge exchange during the live discussions. 29 undergraduate students from a Malaysian public university and a UK university explored the Astronomy topics online and experienced the simulation during the two live sessions conducted for one month. Data were collected from a face-to-face interview with all the Malaysian students. The students' expectations before the live sessions, difficulties confronted when communicating with the native speakers, the communicative strategies and experience during the interactive activities were explored. The findings revealed that conversational issues such as the native's accent and the challenge in formulating strategies for solving communication problems during the conversations posed difficulties to the students. A general pattern of indirect and interactional communicative strategies as promoted by Dörnyei and Scott (1997) was evident during the interactions.
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author	Puteh, Marlia Abu Bakar, Shahirah Mohamad, Ayu Rita Ramly, Lili Zahra Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza Zainon, Othman Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana Lai, Effie Law Chong Bannister, Nigel
author_facet	Puteh, Marlia Abu Bakar, Shahirah Mohamad, Ayu Rita Ramly, Lili Zahra Abu Hasan Sazalli, Nurhasmiza Zainon, Othman Nur Amir Sjarif, Nilam Abdul Hamid, Nurul Shazana Lai, Effie Law Chong Bannister, Nigel
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title	Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
title_short	Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
title_full	Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
title_fullStr	Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
title_full_unstemmed	Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students
title_sort	online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for malaysian and uk students
publisher	Horizon Research Publishing
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/1/MarliaPuteh2020_OnlineCollaborativeLearningviaAstronomyOnline.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91313/ http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.082306
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Online collaborative learning via astronomy online lab: a cross-cultural communicative experience for Malaysian and UK students

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