Narrative structure of storytelling in Kelantanese dialect

Human interaction involves a process of sharing experiences, telling stories, and retelling stories in a form of narration. While telling story, the narration is structured in a way to make sense to the audiences.This study examined the narrative structures in Kelantanese dialect used by young female native speakers. The participants were two (2) female Kelantanese students, aged 25 and 27 years old, who have completed their undergraduate studies in local universities. Audio recording and semi-structured interview were two types of instruments used for the data collection. Interview session of 1012 words was analyzed using a combination of the theory of Malay sentence classifications and the theory of narrative structure. The findings of this study reveal that the narration in Kelantanese dialect has a systematic structure which consists of title and elaboration. The title consists of the abstract and orientation, while elaboration includes the four stages of narrative structure which are complication, evaluation, resolution and coda. The findings show that the story is unfolded in a structural manner-which means it has the idea and the elaboration of the idea (the story)

Narrative experiential meaning-making in Malay short stories

The experiential meaning-making in narrative can be studied by applying the Ideational Metafunction theoretical framework as introduced by Halliday. According to Halliday, the meaning-making can be realized by means of three Transitivity main elements found in clauses which are process, participants and circumstances. A study was conducted on three Malay short stories entitled ‘Catatan di Meja Makan’, ‘Anita’ and ‘Meneruskan Perjalanan’ by Zurinah Hassan to analyse the experiential meaning-making of narrative using Transitivity analysis from Systemic Functional Linguistics as the analytical framework. The findings of the Transitivity analysis on Malay short stories show that material process types are mostly found and followed by mental processes. This results in the most found participants are actors for material process types, whilst participants for mental processes are sensors. The findings also show that the participants for material processes can be living or non-living entities. The writer usually conveys the meaning of short stories in active forms, by which means active processes are used to illustrate the actions of participants in Malay short stories. The findings of this study are a contribution to the field of Malay language studies using the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics, of which studies on Malay language using this theory are still lacking

Match performances between Winning and Losing teams in the 2019 Netball Sabah Games

The current study aimed to identify performance indicators that may discriminate the match performances between winning and losing teams in the Netball Sabah Games 2019. A total of 16 matches during this tournament were recorded and analyzed manually by an observer. Ten performance indicators have been studied which were successful pass, turnover, offside, interception, deflection, defensive rebound, free pass, goal percentage, goal attempt, and goal. The results showed that there were significant differences in the interception, deflection, goal attempt, and goal between winning and losing teams (p < .05). In addition, the performance indicators that discriminate between winning and losing teams were the goal attempt and goal. These current findings may provide valuable information for coaches and players to create a useful strategy, especially when they are against a stronger opponent during the competition

Cabaran kelestarian pelaksanaan piawaian MS 1900 (Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti berasaskan Syariah) di sebuah Kolej Komuniti Malaysia

Negara Malaysia telah menjadi barisan hadapan untuk berjaya mewujudkan satu standard atau piawaian bagi Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti (SPK) yang patuh kepada Syariah telah diaplikasikan pada tahun 2005 buat pertama kalinya. Ia adalah satu piawaian yang dikenali sebagai Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti mengikut perspektif Islam (MS1900: 2005) dan kemudiannya dipinda pada tahun 2014 kepada piawaian baharu dengan nama Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti (SPK) Berasaskan Syariah (MS1900). Kajian kes ini bertujuan mengkaji cabaran-cabaran bagi kelestarian pelaksanaan sistem MS1900 ini khususnya di sebuah Kolej Komuniti di Perak, Malaysia. Terdapat tiga objektif kajian ini iaitu mengenal pasti cabaran dari sudut sikap pekerja, bebanan kerja dan yang terakhir adalah dari sudut latihan. Reka bentuk kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif. Data kajian dikumpul dengan kaedah pemerhatian dan temu bual separa berstruktur. Responden kajian dipilih dengan menggunakan persampelan bertujuan (purposive sampling) yang terdiri daripada individu yang aktif dalam pelaksanaan MS1900 di Kolej Komuniti. Data kajian telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian NVivo. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa tiga cabaran utama harus dilalui oleh institusi berkenaan semasa melaksanakan piawaian MS 1900 iaitu bermula dengan aspek yang berkaitan dengan sikap pekerja sendiri, bebanan kerja yang berat, dan kekurangan latihan berkaitan dengan Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti (SPK). Kajian ini diharapkan dapat menyuntik sumbangan yang signifikan dalam pembangunan ilmu pengetahuan dan teori pengurusan kualiti Islam dengan lebih mendalam