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Title:	A module on English spoken communication skills for urban poor youth leaders
Authors:	Nor Dalila Ismail (P69236)
Supervisor:	Hamidah Yamat, Associate Professor Dr.
Keywords:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia English language -- Study and teaching English language -- Spoken English-Study and teaching
Issue Date:	26-Jan-2016
Description:	This study aims to develop a module on English spoken communication towards employability for youth leaders. This is a part of a university-community project which sought to assist a sustained, linear and casual pathway to community vitality by equipping the communication skills among youth leaders. This study involved 20 selected 16-year-old students from two high schools from the urban-poor community in Semenyih. The module was designed based on the five phases of: Needs Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate (ADDIE) Design Model. Underpinned by a constructivist’s theory of learning, the youth leaders were active participants in their learning for better development of their English speaking skills. Employing a mixed method research design, this study questionnaires for the needs analysis and evaluation stages, which was then analysed using the Windows 19.0 Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Meanwhile, the qualitative aspects in this study involved informal focus group and semi – structured one-to-one interviews, and informal observations. Findings revealed that, the participants felt that incorporating social media features such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as 'pedagogic agents’ in the module had provided a more meaningful and interesting English speaking learning process. The empirical evident also suggested the organization and design of the module, which compromised of activities that helped to promote self-learning. Thus, gathered from experts' evaluation and participants' feedback, it was illuminated that this module exhibited positive orientation for the youth leaders to enhance their English speaking competency. The findings also showed positive outcomes from the participants in terms of their understanding in the instructions and their engagements and interests in the content of the module, which suggested that the ongoing change which may transform the community. This study enlightens that in developing a speaking module for youth leaders, the above aspects must be considered. It also provides another perspective of the learning process from the urbanpoor community youths, where there is greater emphasis on increasing their confidence level in English speaking in a non-formal setting. Hence, this study yields added knowledge on the development of speaking module for communicative English for employability that is not available at schools. This study aims to develop a module on English spoken communication towards employability for youth leaders. This is a part of a university-community project which sought to assist a sustained, linear and casual pathway to community vitality by equipping the communication skills among youth leaders. This study involved 20 selected 16-year-old students from two high schools from the urban-poor community in Semenyih. The module was designed based on the five phases of: Needs Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate (ADDIE) Design Model. Underpinned by a constructivist’s theory of learning, the youth leaders were active participants in their learning for better development of their English speaking skills. Employing a mixed method research design, this study questionnaires for the needs analysis and evaluation stages, which was then analysed using the Windows 19.0 Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Meanwhile, the qualitative aspects in this study involved informal focus group and semi – structured one-to-one interviews, and informal observations. Findings revealed that, the participants felt that incorporating social media features such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as 'pedagogic agents’ in the module had provided a more meaningful and interesting English speaking learning process. The empirical evident also suggested the organization and design of the module, which compromised of activities that helped to promote self-learning. Thus, gathered from experts' evaluation and participants' feedback, it was illuminated that this module exhibited positive orientation for the youth leaders to enhance their English speaking competency. The findings also showed positive outcomes from the participants in terms of their understanding in the instructions and their engagements and interests in the content of the module, which suggested that the ongoing change which may transform the community. This study enlightens that in developing a speaking module for youth leaders, the above aspects must be considered. It also provides another perspective of the learning process from the urbanpoor community youths, where there is greater emphasis on increasing their confidence level in English speaking in a non-formal setting. Hence, this study yields added knowledge on the development of speaking module for communicative English for employability that is not available at schools.,Certification of Masters/ Doctorial Thesis" is not available
Pages:	201
Call Number:	LB1578.N646 2016 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Education / Fakulti Pendidikan

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