Shared identity construction: the third space exploration

Ethnic and cultural tension and conflicts have escalated in Malaysia bringing undesirable impacts on the nation’s economy and, most importantly, on inter-ethnic relationships. Thus, this study proposes the need to construct a shared Malaysian identity, starting from the classroom, which is facilit...

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Main Author:	Idrus, Faizah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2012
Subjects:	LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) PI Oriental languages and literatures
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/1/IJHSS_Faizah_Idrus.pdf

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spelling	iium-266662012-11-20T02:34:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/ Shared identity construction: the third space exploration Idrus, Faizah LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) PI Oriental languages and literatures Ethnic and cultural tension and conflicts have escalated in Malaysia bringing undesirable impacts on the nation’s economy and, most importantly, on inter-ethnic relationships. Thus, this study proposes the need to construct a shared Malaysian identity, starting from the classroom, which is facilitated by teachers through the use of short stories written by Malaysians. The study is grounded in the notion of hybridity in the Third Space espoused by Bhabha (1994) and ameliorated and geared towards the classroom context by the works of Gutierrez (1999, 2004, 2008). The inquiry was designed using primarily qualitative research instruments with 7 English Language teachers, and group interviews with 6 groups of students from 4 different schools in Kuala Lumpur. The findings from the analyses of the results show various attitudes, beliefs and teaching and practices in the English language classroom in response to the notion of constructing a shared identity in the Third Space Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2012-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/1/IJHSS_Faizah_Idrus.pdf Idrus, Faizah (2012) Shared identity construction: the third space exploration. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2 (21). pp. 111-119. ISSN 2221-0989 (O), 2220-8488 (P) http://www.ijhssnet.com/update/index.php/current.html?id=1392
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description	Ethnic and cultural tension and conflicts have escalated in Malaysia bringing undesirable impacts on the nation’s economy and, most importantly, on inter-ethnic relationships. Thus, this study proposes the need to construct a shared Malaysian identity, starting from the classroom, which is facilitated by teachers through the use of short stories written by Malaysians. The study is grounded in the notion of hybridity in the Third Space espoused by Bhabha (1994) and ameliorated and geared towards the classroom context by the works of Gutierrez (1999, 2004, 2008). The inquiry was designed using primarily qualitative research instruments with 7 English Language teachers, and group interviews with 6 groups of students from 4 different schools in Kuala Lumpur. The findings from the analyses of the results show various attitudes, beliefs and teaching and practices in the English language classroom in response to the notion of constructing a shared identity in the Third Space
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title	Shared identity construction: the third space exploration
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publisher	Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA
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Shared identity construction: the third space exploration

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