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Dr. M. H. Leow is a PhD holder in Curriculum and Instructional Technology, with 9 years of teaching experience. She is currently employed with MARA University of Technology (UiTM) as a senior lecturer under Academy of Language Studies. Her research interests focus on qualitative studies, systematic design of instruction, contemporary patterns in teaching and learning (T&L), curriculum development, instructional technology, and teaching Mandarin as a second/foreign language.
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Recent research suggested authentic picture books as an alternative to the conventional bottom-up adult foreign language teaching and learning approach. This paper distinguishes between: (1) trend of methods and its methodological contexts; (2) principles for picture book utilisation; and (3) theoretical interrelationships between methods and princ...
A prevalent concern in the field of online foreign language learning pertains to the comparatively low level of online interactions. Most of the online learning platforms result in scarcity of community because student-student engagement is not as significant as those in traditional classrooms. Virtual reality has recently become an appealing onlin...
玛拉工艺大学中文组至2023年，已成立了56年。过了半个世纪快近一甲子的岁月，玛拉工艺学院中文组从开始的200多个学生发展到现在玛拉工艺大学中文组每学期约1万七千多个学生，从开始时使用别人编写的课本到现在拥有自己编撰的7本课本和7本汉字练习簿，不是件简单的事。本文旨在为玛拉工艺大学中文组课本的编写作记录，一窥这些年来华语课本的发展、变化及趋势，可留待后来者知前人的辛苦，及编书时有所参考。玛拉工艺学院中文组从1978年开始编自家的课本，编书的发展可以分为5个时段:草创期、形成期、变革期、巩固期和定型出版期。研究发现玛拉工艺大学国际汉语教材的编撰日渐成熟，据时代发展推进、大学升格、课程与课时调整及学生需求不断调节。在时代背景的熏陶下，早期的课本内容多元化且偏重商业经济，后期内容则趋向实用、本土生...
This study investigated the influence of teacher expectations of high- and low-expectancy leaners’learner control performance in the flipped learning online session. Interviews and observations wereconducted with 14 elementary learners (age 9) and four teachers from a Malaysian elementary school.Thematic analysis was used to interpret codes, genera...
Studies show that the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) significantly elevate Knowledge Management (KM), allowing employees to swiftly access information and make real-time informed decisions. This paper attempts to offer a thorough synthesis of the literature on AI and KM, with a particular
focus on examining the extent to which AI can...
This study reviews the publication trends on Chinese as a second language, which indicates the current situation, research gaps, and potential directions for future research. This review examines Chinese as a second language journal publications produced by lecturers and researchers at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) since the publications are sca...
span lang="EN-US">Current literatures of active learning widely address pedagogies/approaches and their outcomes, but it does not appear to be a pedagogical consensus regarding the active learning pedagogies/approaches. This situation makes it difficult to gauge the prevalence and practicability of active learning pedagogies/approaches in specific...
Online learning is emphasised in the 21st century curricula as one of the efficient instructional practices that improves the learning ownership of contemporary learners. A key factor in ensuring success in learners’ online learning environments is the implementation of learner control. Learner control motivation is influenced by multiple interconn...
This paper describes a holistic process of a pilot test to determine the trustworthiness of semi-structured interview questions to be used in the qualitative investigation of Malaysia primary school active learning needs analysis, by focusing on the learner control peculiarity in the context. The researchers carried out the pilot test based on a se...
This paper presents a framework to analyse students’ learning needs in Malaysia primary schoolactive learning based on the conceptualisation of theorists’ ideas. The needs analysis framework isa good reference for module designing and active learning implementation by clarifying learners’needs through a triadic reciprocal approach, using theories t...
