The factors contributing to the different self-sufficiency adaptation and academic performance: the case of international students at Malaysian public universities

Globalization has made it possible for international students to pursue their studies overseas. Malaysia is one of the leading destinations for these students to continue their studies, and this aligns with our vision to achieve the internationalization of higher education by the year 2025. This intense initiative has made our educational institutions recognized globally towards world prestigious educational hub. In relation to this, this article aims to analyze the international students' feedback on their experience in the self-sufficiency adapting process that has become the stakeholders' focus. The study uses the qualitative approach by utilizing the semi-structured interviews of 40 international students in the first year of their study in selected public universities. The findings of the study show a positive relationship between the students’ self-sufficiency and their academic performance. The factors contributing to the different self-sufficiency adaptation of the students were discussed in the context of the recognition for the public university’s reputation, current courses offered by the university, the courses’ marketability, English as the medium use in the university teaching delivery, customers’ satisfaction, and the guaranteed quality services coordination, and. continuous accreditation recognition. The findings will become valuable information for future international students planning to further their study overseas. The findings can also be used as guidelines by the university’s management in understanding the implication of self-sufficiency and sustainability on international students’ academic performance

Students’ experiences on leadership and motivation in group works

Completing a group assignment may be difficult if group members are uncooperative. Therefore, it is essential for group assignments to have an effective leader who can manage group members through group work. Regarding this, this study seeks to examine the leadership and motivational experiences of students engaged in group work. The study employed a qualitative case study approach, and the data for this study were gathered through individual interviews with ten students selected by purposive sampling. The results of this study indicate that the ten students who participated in group work activities had positive leadership and motivational experiences, including defined roles and responsibilities as well as enhanced confidence and communication skills. This study provides insight into the leadership and motivational experiences of L2 students that contributed to the success or failure of group work in a classroom

Konflik kaum selepas pendudukan Jepun 1945 dan peristiwa 13 mei 1969 di tanah melayu: suatu analisis

Masyarakat Tanah Melayu mempunyai penduduk yang pelbagai dan berbilang kaum, yang berasal dari zaman penjajahan British. Dalam konteks pluralistik masyarakat Malaysia, isu perkauman boleh dikatakan sensitif dan penting. Pluralisme menunjukkan kepelbagaian berdasarkan setiap identiti kaum. Kepelbagaian merujuk kepada perbezaan yang wujud dalam sesebuah masyarakat. Perbezaan ini merupakan cabaran kepada pembinaan identiti nasional dan perpaduan negara kerana dalam usaha mewujudkan negara bangsa bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah. Tumpuan kajian memfokuskan kepada analisis di antara dua insiden konflik kaum telah berlaku iaitu selepas pendudukan Jepun 1945 dan peristiwa 13 Mei 1969. Analisis ini akan melihat dari segi aspek analisis persamaan dan perbezaan antara kedua-dua peristiwa konflik kaum tersebut. Adakah benar wujud perbezaan mahupun persamaan antara kedua-dua peristiwa konflik kaum di Tanah Melayu. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa kedua-dua peristiwa konflik kaum tersebut adalah merupakan suatu kejadian yang dirancang dan tidak berlaku secara spontan Ia juga didorong daripada wujudnya unsur oppression atau penindasan yang sangat berat. Dari segi penglibatan komunis, dilihat lebih menyeluruh semasa insiden selepas pendudukan Jepun pada 1945 berbanding peristiwa 13 Mei 1969. Menjadikan konflik kaum pada 1945 tidaklah bersifat perkauman secara menyeluruh tetapi lebih kepada matlamat mereka dalam memperluaskan pengaruh komunis di Tanah Melayu. Berbeza dengan peristiwa 13 Mei 1969, rusuhan kaum berlaku akibat daripada persaingan politik ketika itu yang tidak sihat dan tidak mementingkan kemajmukan

Teori kepimpinan transformasi menurut perspektif islam: Satu analisis

Teori kepimpinan transformasi Burn 1978, Bass 1985, Leithwood 1994 dan Slocum dan Hellriegel 2007 seringkali dijadikan sebagai indikator kepada seseorang pemimpin khususnya dalam landskap kepimpinan organisasi. Kepemimpinan transformasi dilihat sebagai sangat sesuai bagi menggantikan amalan kepemimpinan transaksi kerana ia dapat mengubah struktur organisasi mereka dari sistem kawalan berpusat, amalan kuasa hierarki yang mutlak, perbezaan status yang ketara di antara tahap-tahap autoriti serta proses membuat keputusan yang bersifat ‘top-down’ di mana pemimpin mempunyai kuasa mutlak membuat keputusan tanpa penglibatan subordinat. Kekerapan implementasinya dalam kepimpinan organisasi menarik minat pengkaji untuk melihat apakah teori kepimpinan transformasi ini selaras dengan tuntutan syarak? Justeru, kajian ini dijalankan adalah bertujuan untuk melihat teori kepimpinan transformasi menurut perspektif Islam sama ada ia bertepatan dengan kehendak syarak ataupun sebaliknya. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis dokumen di mana pengkaji merujuk kepada kajian literatur berkaitan dengan kepimpinan transformasi serta melihatnya menurut perspektif Islam dengan bertunjangkan kepada sumber rujukan utama dalam Islam iaitu al-Quran dan al-Sunnah. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan teori kepimpinan transformasi seperti pertimbangan individu, kepimpinan berkarisma, motivasi berinspirasi dan rangsangan intelektual adalah bertepatan dengan kehendak Islam. Walau bagaimanapun, pemahaman dan penekanan teori kepimpinan ini tidaklah dikaitkan sepenuhnya dengan nilai-nilai keagamaan malah ia disandarkan kepada pengalaman dan buah fikiran pencipta asal teori kempimpinan tersebut. Kajian ini mengharapkan agar pengaplikasian teori kepimpinan transformasi perlulah disulami dengan kehendak syarak agar corak pentadbiran seseorang pemimpin itu mendapat keberkatan dan kerahmatan di dunia dan akhirat

Redeem your past: Teaching challenges and hopes behind bars

Prison is often perceived negatively due to its purposes such as retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation for people who are legally held for a crime they have committed. However, the prison institutions are serving a larger-than-life mission to transform the inmates’ life which includes correctional education. This study investigated the challenges faced by teachers in prison schools. Utilizing a qualitative research design, this case study involved seven teachers from the prison Integrity School for young inmates. The interview data were analyzed based on Braun and Clarke’s thematic framework. Findings showed teaching challenges such as pedagogy, teaching and learning materials, policy and opportunities. Another emerging theme points to the hopes harbored to further improve educational attainment in prison. This has led to several suggestions such as (1) modules and skills-based course development to focus on young inmates serving short prison terms (minimum of 3 months); and (2) fluid and organic pedagogical approaches. Drawing upon Nelson Mandela’s famous quote, ‘education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world’, this study is addressing more insights to add value to the young inmates’ educational opportunities in prison school. Serving time in prison does not deter the inmates from pursuing their education because they deserve a second chance to reclaim their life post-prison term

eLingua : Issue 1 : June 2018 / Academy of Language Studies

1. “Jelajah Akademik” (Academic Tour) of APB UiTM Shah Alam to APB UiTM Penang 2. Internal Audit 2018 3. Congratulations, DM52 Promotion Recipients! 4. APB Language Editors for Faculty of Civil Engineering Vetting of Diploma Test Papers 5. Kursus Pra Persaraan 6. A meet-up with the rector and the top management 7. International Conference on Social Sciences, Education and Hu-manities (SOSEHUM) 2018 8. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLUB PROGRAMMES 2018 9. Penglibatan staf APB dalani Misi Akademik 2018 10. Lemang dan Rendang di UiTM CPP! 11. A report on the Family Day Bowling Event 2018 12. APB Sports Women in KARISTA 2018 13. APB UiTMCPP Family Dav @ The Jerai Ilill Resort (11th-12th August 2018) 14. Q-Brainsters in the KIK Mini Convention UiTMCPP 2018 15. Language Carnival 2018 16. Language Colloquium 2017 17. Sebuah Kamus seribu makna—Siri 1 (SK Bandar Baru Perda, 1 Ogos 2018) 18. Projck Nur Ramadhan .APB 19. Barang-Barang Keperluan Asas di Free Market 2018 20.‘Getting to know you more’ 21. From the Third Languages 22. What Are You Thinking? 23. HIJAU 24. Rava Dulu vs Raya Sekaran

‘Redeem Your Past’: Teaching Challenges and Hopes Behind Bar

Prison is often perceived negatively due to its purposes such as retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation for people who are legally held for a crime they have committed. However, the prison institutions are serving a larger-than-life mission to transform the inmates’ life which includes correctional education. This study investigated the challenges faced by teachers in prison schools. Utilizing a qualitative research design, this case study involved seven teachers from the prison Integrity School for young inmates. The interview data were analyzed based on Braun and Clarke’s thematic framework. Findings showed teaching challenges such as pedagogy, teaching and learning materials, policy and opportunities. Another emerging theme points to the hopes harbored to further improve educational attainment in prison. This has led to several suggestions such as (1) modules and skills-based course development to focus on young inmates serving short prison terms (minimum of 3 months); and (2) fluid and organic pedagogical approaches. Drawing upon Nelson Mandela’s famous quote, ‘education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world’, this study is addressing more insights to add value to the young inmates’ educational opportunities in prison school. Serving time in prison does not deter the inmates from pursuing their education because they deserve a second chance to reclaim their life post-prison term

The adoption of digital culture as a mechanism for the survival of micro scale business industry among traders in east Malaysia: a literature review analysis

Digital culture has become part of world mainstream reality, and the phenomenon of Covid-19 pandemic has further boosted the importance of digital culture empowerment among the global community. Conventional businesses are affected by the pandemic due to the control of movement and physical encounters causing traders to switch to digital businesses. Due to the importance of digital world, especially in the endemic era, this study has been initiated to analyse the literature review on the adoption of digital culture in the micro scale business industries in East Malaysia. Content/text analysis of some of the scholars‟ scientific works and participant observations have been utilised for data collection. The study found that there was a lack of literature review on the adoption of digital culture as a mechanism for the sustainability or survival of micro scale business industry among traders in East Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic. It also found that there is a diversity in the corpus of knowledge, conceptual aspect as well as trends of the authors‟ and scholars‟ approaches. This study is important because 76.6% of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is the micro scale businesses. SMEs makes up 99% of the 920,624 business establishments in Malaysia. Despite being the backbone of the business landscape in Malaysia, SMEs have performed poorly in the digitalisation aspect. It is hoped that this paper will be able to contribute significantly to the academicians and researchers who specialise in the epistemological thought or knowledge

Empowering Adult Inmates with Communication Needs in an East Malaysia Prison

Communication skills are essential in our daily life because we communicate to pass information from one person to another. However, to have effective communication in a correctional environment, like prisons, is not easy. There are many distractions and barriers to communicate effectively in prisons. Although prison education should be seen as a way to educate inmates to successfully integrate in society upon their release, inmates face difficulties in getting enough reading materials, content and learning tools to enhance their communication skills. This may negatively affect their integration in society and employability after serving their sentences. Therefore, this study aimed to elicit the communication needs of the adult inmates in one of the local prisons in East Malaysia. We employed a textography research approach, where we combined textual analysis and an ethnographic method (interview), to investigate contexts, texts and practices of the prison studied. The findings showed that the inmates need to learn verbal and non-verbal communication, new technologies for communication and simple English conversations. This study is pertinent in providing insights for the development of suitable teaching and learning modules for prison learning institutions

eLingua : Issue 2 : December 2017 / Academy of Language Studies

1. ‘MAJLIS KEMUNCAK SAMBUTAN INOVASI PERINGKAT UiTM CAWANGAN PULAU PINANG (UiTMCPP) 2017’ 2. International Conference on Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah (ICHUZ 2017) 3. ICoFA 2017 4. Industrial Work Life and Internet of Things Talks by INTEL, Penang 5. International Conference and Competition on Teaching and Learning (I-Telearn) 2017 6. My_CASELT and LIID 2017 7. I-YES 2017 8. Seminar on Industrial Revolution 4.0 9. A report on the Toastmasters Presentation Skills (FYP 2) Program 2017 10. 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Chinese Language Teaching 2017 11. 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2017 12. English Language Speaking Day 13. ELD Bertam 2017 14. MOU Signing between UiTM and Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia (23rd August 2017; Ballroom, Hotel UiTM Pulau Pinang) 15. A Joyful Language Day Indeed for Giatmara Trainees 16. KURSUS ASAS BAHASA JEPUN & BAHASA JERMAN 17. Mempelajari Simpulan Bahasa Mandarin: Yīmáobùbá 18. Juri Naik Lori 19. Best Ooo Masuk TV! 20. Terapi Air: Terapi Spatial dan Risiko bagi Pelatih Autisti