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Abugohar, Mohammed Abdulgalil; Yunus, Kamariah – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
Since spoken language is the most important channel of communication, it is supposed to be the first skill to master when learning a language. However, in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context, learners encounter various problems limiting their abilities. One of the remarkable phenomena in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning is the…
Descriptors: Arabs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation
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Bashir, Ibrahim; Yunus, Kamariah; Ibrahim, Bashir – Arab World English Journal, 2018
Corpus linguistics is a new branch of linguistics but its status is still debatable - either as a theory or a methodology. This article aims to give an overview of the different approaches and perspectives of corpus linguistics. The neo-Firthians contend that corpus linguistics is a method, while other prominent corpus linguists claim that it is a…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Almatarneh, Anas Hmoud Mohammad; Ab Rashid, Radzuwan; Yunus, Kamariah – Arab World English Journal, 2018
Writing in English for academic purpose is a difficult task for many Jordanian postgraduate students (JPS) as English is a foreign language to them. This study aimed to explore academic writing problems encountered by JPS at a Malaysian university and to investigate how they address the problems. Employing a case study approach, a total of 182…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Foreign Students, Writing Difficulties
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Abugohar, Mohammed Abdulgalil; Salheen, Dalal Alfadhil Attaher; Yassin, Baderaddin; Saed, Hadeel A.; Yunus, Kamariah – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
One of the tasks for language teachers is to create an interactive environment to help learners communicate globally in the 21st century. Employing a case-study design, this research is aimed to explore how far using the target language (L2), as the main language of classroom interaction, can affect students' oral fluency through the technique of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Case Studies, Second Language Learning
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Noor, Noraini Mohd; Yunus, Kamariah; Yusoff, Ahmad Mujahideen Haji; Nasir, Noormaizatul Akmar Muhammad; Yaacob, Nurul Husna – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
Time has contributed to most of our daily activities. In the field of understanding how the human brain reacted to specific learning processes, the neuroscientist supports the impact of having multiple learning sessions with the retention of knowledge. Spaced Learning is a product makes out of human's lack of capacity in retaining information and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rashid, Radzuwan A. B.; Abdul Rahman, Shireena Basree; Yunus, Kamariah – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
This paper reviews reforms related to English language teaching in the Malaysian education system. It begins by tracing the history of Malaysia as a former British colony which has had significant influences on the status of English in the country. Then, it reviews the key educational reforms which have mainly centred on language policy, thus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Second Language Instruction