Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa

Much has been said that universities in Malaysia have to increase the intake of foreign students. One of the purposes is to rank Malaysian universities among the top World Class Universities. Due to this, there is a growing concern of the use of English language at the public universities especiall...

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Main Authors: Bidin, Samsiah, Musa, Aishah
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2011
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description Much has been said that universities in Malaysia have to increase the intake of foreign students. One of the purposes is to rank Malaysian universities among the top World Class Universities. Due to this, there is a growing concern of the use of English language at the public universities especially among the support staff. Hence, this study was conducted to find out the perceptions of the support staff at the Malaysian public universities at the Northern Region regarding English usage by examining the workers’ needs and actual use of language at the workplace, the workers’ wants, and the workers’ lacks in English language. It was found that English is not necessary for the support staff in performing their duties. However, English is more needed for personal usage. It is hope that the findings of this study will provide insights to employers to better manage the workplace literacy particularly when English is concern.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-308822020-06-02T01:41:52Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30882/ Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa voa Bidin, Samsiah Musa, Aishah Communication in management. Communication in organizations. Communication of information Job satisfaction Performance standards Much has been said that universities in Malaysia have to increase the intake of foreign students. One of the purposes is to rank Malaysian universities among the top World Class Universities. Due to this, there is a growing concern of the use of English language at the public universities especially among the support staff. Hence, this study was conducted to find out the perceptions of the support staff at the Malaysian public universities at the Northern Region regarding English usage by examining the workers’ needs and actual use of language at the workplace, the workers’ wants, and the workers’ lacks in English language. It was found that English is not necessary for the support staff in performing their duties. However, English is more needed for personal usage. It is hope that the findings of this study will provide insights to employers to better manage the workplace literacy particularly when English is concern. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30882/1/AJ_SAMSIAH%20BIDIN%20VOA%20K%2011.pdf Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa. (2011) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29/>, 6 (1). pp. 89-96. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Communication in management. Communication in organizations. Communication of information
Job satisfaction
Performance standards
Bidin, Samsiah
Musa, Aishah
Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title_full Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title_fullStr Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title_short Perceptions of support staffs on English usage at the workplace / Samsiah Bidin and Aishah Musa
title_sort perceptions of support staffs on english usage at the workplace / samsiah bidin and aishah musa
topic Communication in management. Communication in organizations. Communication of information
Job satisfaction
Performance standards
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