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Download full textThirusanku, Jantmary; Yunus, Melor Md – International Education Studies, 2013
This paper attempts to show the use of lexical borrowings in ten teaching materials used by the English as Second Language (ESL) teachers in the ESL classrooms in the National Secondary Schools in the Klang district in Selangor, Malaysia. It also discusses the general and pedagogical implications involved in using lexical borrowings. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Thirusanku, Jantmary; Yunus, Melor Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
The main aims of this qualitative study are to identify and categorise the types of lexical borrowings from the three main Malaysian languages which are the Malay language, Chinese dialects and Indian languages used by 203 ESL teachers, to what extent these lexical borrowings are used and for what reasons. This study has identified a new category…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, English (Second Language)
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2009
Many Arab students are currently pursuing their education at Malaysian institutions and they have to study Bahasa Malaysia as a university requirement to be able to communicate with people in the local community. Therefore, this study aims to help Arab students learn Bahasa easily as Bahasa contains many loan words from Arabic and English. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Second Language Learning, Indonesian Languages
Direct linkImm, Tan Siew – World Englishes, 2009
This paper explores how contact between English and Chinese has resulted in the incorporation of Chinese borrowings into the lexicon of Malaysian English (ME). Using a corpus-based approach, this study analyses a comprehensive range of borrowed features extracted from the Malaysian English Newspaper Corpus (MEN Corpus). Based on the contexts of…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Asian Culture, Linguistic Borrowing, Multilingualism
Lasimbang, Rita; Kinajil, Trixie – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
In 1995, the Kadazandusun language was created as a standard form of all the Dusunic group of languages so that it might be taught in schools as a language subject. In the planning of Kadazandusun, terminology building involves both the creation of new terms that appropriate present-day categories and artefacts, and the selection of suitable…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities
Wong, Irene F. H. – 1978
In the last 15 years or so, Malaysian English has begun to come into its own as a dialect peculiar to its own region and yet intelligible on the whole to English speakers everywhere. There is evidence that English is undergoing a transitional stage in Malaysia; use of English is progressively reduced as use of Bahasa Malaysia is increased. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialect Studies, Educational Policy, English for Special Purposes
