‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials

The study set out to identify the important element and principles to be included in Islamized ELT materials. After this, the researcher designed a sample of Islamized materials (IM) which were implemented with a group of intermediate ESL learners at CELPAD, IIUM. The purpose of this was to evaluate...

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Main Author: Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling iium-632802018-04-10T11:02:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63280/ ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan L Education (General) PE English The study set out to identify the important element and principles to be included in Islamized ELT materials. After this, the researcher designed a sample of Islamized materials (IM) which were implemented with a group of intermediate ESL learners at CELPAD, IIUM. The purpose of this was to evaluate the materials and gauge Muslim learners’ responses to them, in particular their perceptions of IM in terms of benefit for their English language. Overall, it can be concluded that combining cognitive, affective and religious content into IM, by means of thinking stories, has much to offer ELT. Comprehensive input and output in the form of discussions stimulated Muslim learners’ critical thinking skills and this, in turn, increased their intrinsic motivation to study English. The IM approach also offers learners practise in all four language skills in a holistic way. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63280/1/English%20for%20Religious%20Purposes%20%28ICTEM%202013%29%20_formatted.pdf Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan (2013) ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials. In: International Conference on Teacher Education in the Muslim World 2013 (ICTEM 2013), 12-14 November 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
description The study set out to identify the important element and principles to be included in Islamized ELT materials. After this, the researcher designed a sample of Islamized materials (IM) which were implemented with a group of intermediate ESL learners at CELPAD, IIUM. The purpose of this was to evaluate the materials and gauge Muslim learners’ responses to them, in particular their perceptions of IM in terms of benefit for their English language. Overall, it can be concluded that combining cognitive, affective and religious content into IM, by means of thinking stories, has much to offer ELT. Comprehensive input and output in the form of discussions stimulated Muslim learners’ critical thinking skills and this, in turn, increased their intrinsic motivation to study English. The IM approach also offers learners practise in all four language skills in a holistic way.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
author_facet Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
author_sort Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
title ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
title_short ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
title_full ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
title_fullStr ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
title_full_unstemmed ‘English for Religious Purposes’: integrating Islamic values and worldview into ELT materials
title_sort ‘english for religious purposes’: integrating islamic values and worldview into elt materials
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/63280/
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