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Beyond classroom english activities to generate interest in english among tertiary students
Shanthi, Alice1, Zuraidah Jaafar2.
In this article, we present a study aimed to explore the attitude, interest and perception
of students learning English language beyond the classroom using a list of activities such as
Readers Theatre, Storyboard, Academic Explorace, Spell it right and Melodies of Pilah. A survey
was conducted involving 466 students from different faculties who were taking English
proficiency courses at diploma and degree levels at a local university. The findings indicate that
both male and female students had a positive degree of interest and attitude toward the English
activities carried out beyond the classroom. The popular activities were Readers Theatre and
Melodies of Pilah (group singing). The study also indicated that students preferred group activities
compared to individual activities. Based on the findings, it is recommended that students should
be allowed to explore English materials independently beyond classrooms where language
learning takes place implicitly. The study found that the success of English learning activities
carried out beyond the confines of the classroom can generate interest among students to learn the
language. The success of English activities carried out beyond classrooms can be assessed by
students’ ability to complete the task assigned (the end-product) rather than the processes involved
in completing the task.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah, 72000, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah, 72000, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Malaysia
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