Azizah Ya’acob

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between education and national identity and found that education contributes to the formation of national identity, and further analyses on the influence of education among ethnic groups were discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the factors that interfere with the students' performance in learning English and found that the lack of English vocabulary, the influence of the first language and the socio-economic status of the family are the major factors that hinders the students from learning English.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings of a qualitative research study which sets out to investigate the impact of English on the identities of young Malaysian undergraduates in selected private and public universities in Malaysia.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of English on the sociocultural identity construction of young adult Malaysians was investigated. But the authors focused on how the use of English among these university students is perceived as an identity marker that enhances the perception of their personal and social status, and how its use may sometimes be used as the basis by members of the same ethnic community for "othering" them.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that teacher involvement in a community of practice can assist teachers in this endeavour and suggest that teacher collaboration via blogs can expose teachers to skills that are critical for computer-assisted teaching and help them to enhance existing competences.