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Pembandaran dan kehidupan bandar di Semenanjung Malaysia
No full textArtikel ini menghujahkan bahawa memandangkan kira-kira 70 peratus penduduk Malaysia sudah tinggal di bandar dan proses pembandaran masih terus berlaku, maka kehidupan bandar atau urbanisme sudah menjadi cara hidup dan unsur penting dalam peradaban masyarakat Malaysia. Namun kehidupan bandar khususnya bagi orang Melayu dan Bumiputera lain adalah suatu pengalaman baru sungguhpun, tidak baru bagi sebahagian besar kaum Cina dan India. Kewujudan hubungan sosial baru yang urban sifatnya tidak semestinya melenyapkan hubungan kekeluargaan dan komuniti. Artikel ini menunjukkan walaupun kritikan Louis Wirth terhadap budaya masyarakat bandar adalah tepat dari satu segi meluasnya individualisme, ketidakpedulian dan perlunya kawalan sosial yang formal, tetapi peranan manusia sebagai agensi yang mampu membentuk semula hubungan dan organisasi sosial mereka bagi memenuhi tujuan kehidupan sosial berpandukan nilai-nilai budaya dan keagamaan tidak boleh diketepikan. Ini jelas terbukti dengan usaha pembentukan komuniti dan wujudnya komuniti yang agak utuh walaupun dalam masyarakat bandar. Artikel ini juga menunjukkan di kalangan penghuni bandar besar seperti Kuala Lumpur dan Pulau Pinang
terdapat sejumlah yang memutuskan tempat itu sebagai tempat tinggal tetap mereka kerana mereka sudah bersebati dengan kehidupan kota dan juga kerana soal praktikal, tetapi ada sebahagian lain menganggap bandaraya sebagai laluan tempat membina kerjaya dan bukannya tempat tetap mereka seumur hidup. Keadaannya berlainan dengan ramai penghuni bandar pertengahan, lebih-lebih lagi bandar seperti Kota Bharu dan Melaka di mana kehidupan di bandar itu menjadi matlamat tempat tinggal tetap, bukannya sebagai tempat ‘mencari makan’ semata-mata. Namun, cabaran terbesar kehidupan di kalangan penghuni bandar terutamanya bandar besar ialah kenaikan kos hidup yang menghantui khususnya mereka daripada golongan bawahan
Laporan akhir projek penyelidikan antara fakulti yang bertemakan pembandaran di kalangan kelas bawah di Kuala Lumpur
No full textThe effect of partial debulking surgery on tumor growth, survival and tumor specific immune responses
No full textObject categorisation using Malay Shape-based numeral classifiers.
No full textCategorisation is fundamental in human cognition and language development. Crosslinguistic studies on categorisation propose numeral classifiers as a linguistic
manifestation of human categorisation and conceptualisation. Thus, studies on numeral classifier acquisition enable researchers to examine how children learn to categorise objects in their environment using a constrained framework, and how this ability becomes more refined as children grow older. This study investigated the strategies children utilise in categorising objects into eight Malay shape-based numeral classifier categories using a paired discrimination task. One-hundred-and-forty-eight children ranging in age from 6 to 9 years and a comparison group of adults participated in this study. Results revealed that children categorised objects more readily when there was a strong (two-perceptual feature distinction) than weak (one-perceptual feature distinction)
contrast, and when exemplars were typical rather than atypical. There appears to be a gradual transition from a perceptually biased to a broader, more rule-based system
A study on Malaysian Language Learners’ perception towards learning arabic via online games.
No full textThis paper reports a study on the perceptions of learning via online games among Arabic elementary language learners at the Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS), International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The survey was a part of a front-end analysis for the design and development of an online Arabic vocabulary games prototype. It elicited
learners’ attitude towards Arabic language learning, their attitude towards playing ordinary video games and perceptions of utilizing online games in Arabic language
learning. The descriptive quantitative and open-ended survey was distributed among 113 out of 133 learners, taking Arabic language course in an academic semester. The results showed positive level of pre-acceptance among learners’ support and value-addedness of online games were also pronounced in the suggestions put forward by the participants.Based on the findings, the initial design principles were established to guide the development of the online game prototype. The paper further explains how the front end analysis aided the design and development of the online games prototype and ascertained it as a viable application in learning Arabic
Workplace writing in English: insights from Malaysian bank managers.
No full textThis paper discusses the findings of a series of interviews with three local commercial bank managers, describing workplace writing among Malaysian bank executives as
writers of English as a second language (ESL). Existing studies on workplace writing are found to be limited in number, particularly those that investigate writing among bank executives. In addition, the status of English as a second language (L2) poses an inherent linguistic challenge for Malaysians and, thus, results in a different set of writing needs than for native writers of English. These factors illustrate the need for an in-depth investigation of the Malaysian banking institutions context. This study is part of a larger research, and data from this study was collected through semi-structured interviews,involving three managers as experienced informants. Their feedback was divided into four categories: the language of correspondence, the writing responsibilities at each bank,
the roles of computers and writing software to assist in writing tasks, and the future of writing software programs in Malaysia. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1)
English was the correspondence language in two out of the three banks; 2) writing was a frequent responsibility among most of the executives; 3) the executives were generally
not provided any assistance with regard to writing; and, 4) a writing software program tailored for ESL writers was deemed a necessary form of assistance in consideration of
the multiple tasks that need to be performed by the bank executives
