Attitudes and motivation of Malaysian secondary students towards learning English as a second language: a case study

Attitudes and motivation of Malaysian secondary students towards learning English as a second language: a case study

The English Language has always played a significant role in Malaysia’s quest of becoming a developed nation. Despite this, the English proficiency level of Malaysian students is far from satisfactory. What are the reasons for this? Motivational studies have shown that Malaysian students realise the...

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Main Authors:	Thang, Siew Ming, Ting, Siew Ling, Nurjanah Mohd Jaafar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2047/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2047/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2047/1/5._3LVol17%281%292011Thang_Siew_Ming_et_al_doc.pdf

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