Masturah Sabri
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Masturah Sabri
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Masturah, Sabri
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Sabri, Masturah
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IQZ-9291-2023

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A netnographic approach to investigating problematic teenagers' language use on social media

2023 , Aliff Nawi , Zalmizy Hussin , Masturah Sabri

Social media has become an essential platform for teenagers these days. Social media grew in popularity as a means of communication, entertainment, information, and even education, beginning with simple social activities. Today, social media is also a factor in the development of adolescent behaviour. As a result, the purpose of this research is to explore into the language use by teenagers in social media. Over the course of three months, a netnographic approach was employed to study the language use of nine teenagers. All of the participants' postings, whether text, images, or videos, were evaluated. Instagram stories posted, shared, and reposted on the participant's account are also recorded in Nvivo for thematic analysis and coding. The outcomes of the survey highlighted five important themes of the teens' language use and behaviour: entertainment, popularity, morality and ethics, relationships, and new contacts. This study is concluded with some implications and a detailed discussion of adolescent social media language use and behaviour. The outcome of this study is hoped to help to identify problems faced by problematic students, where early prevention or solution can be proposed. Several other recommendations were also proposed at the end of this paper.

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"Talking Phonics for Autism": developing a multi-purpose touch screen technology software application which utilizes sound articulation point to teach autistic children

2018-02-26 , Noriha Basir , Ameer Fuhaili Mohamad Hashim , Sharmini Abdullah , Noor Asliza Abdul Rahim , Masturah Sabri , Afifah Hanani Yusuf , Wan Norhaizar Harun , Dipima Buragohain

This paper aims to examine the potentials of the multi-purpose touch screen technology application which utilizes a sound articulation point software called "TALKING PHONICS FOR AUTISM"as an alternative method of teaching phonics to autistic children. "TALKING PHONICS FOR AUTISM"is developed via a collaborative effort between the Centre of International Languages (CIL) and the School of Human Development and techno Communication (iKOM), University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP). The reading skills of autism children are developed intofive (5) levels ofMalay reading comprehension skills. The first level consists of open syllables - vowels and consonants. The following consecutivethree levels comprised of closed syllables. The fourth level introduces vocal sequence while the fifth level constitutes of Malay language loans. The Malay-language dialect phonological theory by Tajul Aripin Kassin (2000) which is based on Clements & Keysher's (1980) Generative Booking Generic Fonology Model (CV) forms the theorectical framework of this paper.

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Comparative study of language learning strategies used by first-year students at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, Thailand and UniMAP, Malaysia

2019-12 , Rongdara Rochanahasadin , Liew Khe Li , Masturah Sabri , Kanya Pornwasanying

The purposes of this study were (1) to explore language learning strategies used by firstyear Prince of Songkla University (PSU) and UniMAP students; and (2) to compare their use in terms of gender and nationality. The instrument used to collect data was the Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version 7.0, which consists of six categories of language learning strategies: memory, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, affective and social strategies. The 68 subjects were 10 first-year English majors and 58 first-year students enrolled in Foundation English courses required at each university. The data was analyzed for mean and standard deviation. Results showed that both Thai and Malaysian students used English learning strategies at a high level in all the categories. Metacognitive strategies were most frequently used among the students while memory strategies were employed the least. It was also found that genders and nationalities did not affect learning strategy use.

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Using form focused instruction on teaching formulaic sequences among EFL undergraduates

2021-12 , Noor Farahhein Johari , Masturah Sabri , Noriha Basir , Sri Kandy Putri Abdul Hamid Naru , Jasin Abd Halim

This research looks into the impact of explicit form-based instruction (FFI) on the understanding of English as a foreign language (EFL) student in written tasks. The research also explored the internalisation after treatment of formulaic sequences. Data were compiled from dif erent L1 backgrounds among EFL students. A pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test were followed in the task design. The formulaic sequences were selected and taught through the intervention sessions. Learning gains have been assessed in three separate periods in the same written test set. The findings showed that students gain significant learning from pre-test to post-test of participants; recognition and internalisation of formulaic sequences also indicated that participants have internalised a large number of formulaic sequences in their long-term memory. Lastly, the findings indicate that focused instructions on formulation sequences lead to an ef icient learning and internalisation of linguistic features.

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