Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: This study explores impoliteness in comments of political posts from selected ‎Facebook (FB) pages. It focuses on three main aspects which are instances of ‎impolite comments, employment of impoliteness strategies and components of face ‎

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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Lanscape Architecture and Environmental Design -- IIUM Summary: Rural landscape characters are the characters that shape the setting and ambience of a place. The presence of landscape characters that give a scenic view and sensory along the driving routes have been acknowledged by numerous st

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Language and Literacy -- IIUM Summary: Higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in language learning is the key to creating proficient and skilled readers. Hence, HOTS questions are regarded as a powerful tool to develop learners' ability to engage in divergent thinking. Richards and Rogers

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Psychology -- IIUM Summary: Gay men experience different challenges unlike other sexual minority groups due to the strong stigma related to their sexual orientation. Among the challenges, discrimination is conceptualized as among the core challenges faced by gay men and appears in different s

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Urban and Regional Planning -- IIUM Summary: This study concerns with illegal occupation and illegal operation of state land in Perak. In 2014, more than 17,000 hectares of land in Perak had been illegally cleared, resulted in the state government losing hundreds of millions ringgit in revenu

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Psychology -- IIUM Summary: In the light of the growing interest in the literature of personality-citizenship performance link across jobs, the objective of this study was two-fold. Firstly, this study examines the relationship between the big five personality domains (i.e., openness to exper

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion -- IIUM Summary: This study attempts to explore the framework of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia as well as how it promotes to the peace and harmony of multi-religious society in Malaysia. The main goal of this research is to provide a unique framewor

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Language and Literacy -- IIUM Summary: In order to nurture students with love and appreciation towards poetry, it is important for teachers to recognize their own perception and identify the attitudes of their students towards poetry which may affect students' understanding towards the su

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Library and Information Science -- IIUM Summary: This dissertation reports on an information dissemination model for scholars on cryptocurrencies. This disruptive technology of cryptocurrencies acts as a virus that goes viral. The objectives were to review the existing information disseminati