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Attitudes towards English: A Survey of UKM Undergraduates

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Title Attitudes towards English: A Survey of UKM Undergraduates
 
Creator ABD AZIZ (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, salleh@ukm.my), MOHD SALLEHHUDIN
 
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Description Over 137 UKM undergraduates were surveyed to gauge their attitudes towards English. Specifically, the study aimed at assessing the students' attitudes towards English, the University's English language policy, their attitudes towards English vis-a-vis their national language, how they view speakers of English and their attitudes towards the compulsory English language courses offered at UKM. The findings showed that the students had positive attitudes in all the issues mentioned above except for the university English language courses. The findings seem to shatter the myth that UKM students' attitudes are negative with regard to the learning of the language. The stigma that UKM is a stronghold for bahasa Melayu was also proven to be unfounded.ABSTRAKLebih 137 mahasiswa UKM telah terlibat dalam kajian untuk mengukur sikap mereka terhadap bahasa Inggeris. Secara khususnya, kajian ini bertujuan menilai sikap pelajar terhadap pembelajaran bahasa Inggeris, terhadap polisi Universiti berkaitan dengan bahasa Inggeris, terhadap bahasa Inggeris berhubung dengan bahasa Kebangsaan dan akhir sekali sikap pelajar terhadap kursus-kursus wajib bahasa Inggeris yang ditawarkan di UKM. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa mahasiswa UKM telah menunjukkan sikap yang positif terhadap semua isu yang diketengahkan kecuali sikap mereka terhadap kursus-kursus bahasa Inggeris yang ditawarkan oleh Universiti. Dapatan kajian ini telah menidakkan anggapan bahawa pelajar UKM mempunyai sikap yang negatif terhadap bahasa Inggeris. Stigma yang menyatakan UKM adalah kubu kuat bahasa Melayu adalah ternyata meleset.
 
Publisher UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
 
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Date 1994-01-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/3146
 
Source Akademika; Vol 44, No 1 (1994): AKADEMIKA 44
0126-8694
0126-5008
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/3146/1992