One of the primary goals of L2 teaching and learning in the 21st century is for students to develop necessary communicative competence. However, various employment agencies and organisations have raised the concerns over the poor competency in English language among Malaysian students. This study sets out to look into self repair practice as one as
This study explored the experience of preservice teachers in a coursework that was instructed using the Narrative Approach in University Putra Malaysia. In doing so, the study intended to examine the perceptions of the preservice teachers about learning in a Narrative Approach classroom. This study is a case study of six preservice teachers in thei
Educational systems in higher education systems have rapidly experienced changes and reforms, impacting the academicians' quality of life But, intelligence can boost the quality of life and subsequently the work performance among the academicians. Specifically, this study investigated how Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Spiritual Intelligence (
A 2 x 2 non-uniform planar array with a new technique of array arrangement has been proposed in this paper. The proposed non-uniform array has been achieved by shifting the second-row elements with a change of certain angle with respect to the elements in the first row. After optimizing the angle using CST MWS, the proposed array has achieved a pea
This paper identifies repair strategies by children with history of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) following the initiation by their conversational partners. Specifically, it analyses the strategies that are used by these children to construct the repair turn. Data come from approximately 7-hour recordings of everyday interaction during family acti
In recent years, poverty has become a series issue around the world. Poverty in Afghanistan is widespread throughout rural and urban areas. The government estimates that 42 per cent of the country's total population lives below the national poverty line. Another 20 per cent of the people live just above that line and are highly vulnerable to th
This paper examines the urgent need to successfully implement best practice certification when determining an effective economic mechanism for the foodservice industry from the management perspective. The study involved 73 managers of targeted foodservice companies (at a response rate of 92%) who participated in a survey. The 33 best-practice compl
Children with a history of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) can experience a range of difficulties such as sound articulation errors and reduced psychosocial functioning. This causes interaction with them to contain more frequent communication breakdowns than non-cleft children. The present study shows evidence of such breakdowns involving topic shif
Kesedaran masyarakat terhadap kepentingan kesihatan telah menggalakkan pemasaran produk nutraseutikal di Malaysia. Nutraseutikal didefinisikan sebagai produk berasaskan makanan yang diyakini mampu memberikan kesan positif kepada kesihatan pengguna dengan cara melindungi serta merawat pengguna daripada penyakit. Oleh sebab permintaan terhadap produk
