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UNIVERSITI TEKOLOGI MARA

MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO ENHANCE THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE SPEECH PRONUNCIATION

THROUGH SELFVIDS:

A CASE STUDY OF MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLERS

WAN MUNlRAH BINTI WAN AHMAD

@

WAN A. HALIM

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Education

(Teaching English as a Second Language)

Faculty of Education

February 2015

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

I d e c la re t h a t th e w o r k in th is d is s e rta tio n w a s c a rrie d o u t in a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e re g u la tio n s o f

U n iv e rs iti T e k n o lo g i M A R A . It is o rig in a l a n d is th e resu lts o f m y o w n w o r k , u nless o th e rw is e

in d ic a te d o r a c k n o w le d g e d as re fe r e n c e d w o r k . This to p ic has n o t b e e n s u b m itte d to a n y o th e r

a c a d e m ic in s titu tio n o r n o n -a c a d e m ic in s titu tio n fo r a n y d e g re e o r q u a lific a tio n .

In th e e v e n t t h a t m y d is s e rta tio n be fo u n d to v io la te th e c o n d itio n s m e n tio n e d a b o v e , I v o lu n ta r ily

w a iv e th e rig h t o f c o n f e r m e n t o f m y d e g re e a n d a g re e to be s u b je c te d to th e d is c ip lin a ry ru les an d

re g u la tio n s o f U n iv e rs iti T e k n o lo g i M A R A .

N a m e o f c a n d id a te

C a n d id a te I.D . n u m b e r

P ro g ra m m e

F a c u lty

T h e sis T itle

S ig n a tu re o f C a n d id a te

W a n M u n ir a h b in ti W a n A h m a d @ W a n A. H a lim

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M a s t e r o f E d u c a tio n (TESL)

E d u c a tio n

M o t iv a t in g S tu d e n ts to E n h a n c e T h e ir S eco nd L an gu ag e

S p ee ch P ro n u n c ia tio n th ro u g h S elfvids: A Case S tu d y o f

M a la y s ia n S e c o n d a ry S ch o o lers

D a te F e b ru a ry 2 0 1 5

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah the Almighty, The Most Gracious and Most Merciful

Foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Associate Professor Dr Nor Aziah Alias for enlightening me with the first glance of this research as well as the continuous support and help throughout my Masters research. Thank you for being patient, for guiding, supporting, and giving me enough motivation to complete this work. I could not have imagined having a better advisor and mentor other than her.

A special thanks to my family. Words cannot express how grateful I am to my dearest husband Wan Mohd Ashari bin Wan Md. Ariffin, my beloved parents Hj Wan Ahmad bin Wan Abd. Rahman and Hjh Aishah Mohamed, my mother-in law Hjh Asiah Ibrahim, my aunt Fatimah Mohamed and all my other family members for all the sacrifices that you’ve made on my behalf. Your prayers for me was what sustained me so far.

Last but not the least, I also want to thank my greatest classmates ever- my sisters Haslena Ismail, Laily Zainal, Siti Raihan, Tumadhir, Suria Hani, Noor Zurina and my brother Nazrul, for the stimulating discussions, for their encouragement, insightful comments, and for all the fun we have had studying together. Our moments together will forever be cherished in my mind.

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Abstract

This research explored the motivation and enhancement of English language pronunciation among the form three students in a Malaysia secondary school through the use of selfvids. In Malaysia, many students are seen to having problems pronouncing certain English words when speaking. This obstructs understanding of other individuals on what is being communicated about. The teaching of pronunciation is scarcely given attention to in class, thus utilizing technology in language learning is essential to help the students enhance their pronunciation. This research was segregated into two phases where the first phase sees 25 participants (n=25) taking part in a pre-selfVid session. They were required to read an English text provided by the researcher while self-recording themselves. The second phase focused on only 6 cases for in-depth survey. Here, these cases had to go through an interview, a treatment and recording of the post-selfvid. The procedures were analysed to get the final data on pronunciation errors and its connection with motivation. The findings suggest high motivation with the cases deliberating on the importance of good pronunciation for various reasons. A majority o f the cases also found that using selfvids can assist their English pronunciation learning in school. It is recommended that teachers be given freedom of teaching by allowing them to use selfvids as part of pronunciation teaching method. The higher authorities should also allow teachers to carry out teaching without being wedged to strictly follow the textbook to ensure the liveliness of the learning session.

Abstrak

Kajian ini meninjau motivasi dan peningkatan sebutan Bahasa Inggeris antara pelajar tingkatan tiga di sebuah sekolah menengah di Malaysia melalui penggunaan selfvids. Di Malaysia, ramai pelajar dilihat mempunyai masalah menyebut perkataan Bahasa Inggeris tertentu apabila bercakap. Ini menghalang pemahaman individu lain pada apa yang cuba disampaikan. Pengajaran sebutan hampir tidak diberi perhatian di dalam kelas, maka penggunaan teknologi dalam pembelajaran bahasa adalah penting untuk membantu pelajar meningkatkan penguasaan sebutan mereka. Kajian ini telah dibahagikan kepada dua fasa di mana fasa pertama melihat 25 orang peserta (n = 25) yang mengambil bahagian dalam sesi pra-selfvid. Mereka dikehendaki membaca teks Bahasa Inggeris yang disediakan oleh pengkaji sambal membuat rakaman sendiri. Fasa kedua memberi tumpuan kepada hanya 6 kes untuk kajian mendalam. Di sini, kes-kes ini terpaksa melalui temu bual, rawatan dan rakaman pasca selfvid. Prosedur kemudiannya diikuti dengan analisis untuk mendapatkan data akhir pada kesilapan sebutan dan hubungannya dengan motivasi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan motivasi yang tinggi dengan kes-kes ini membincangkan tentang kepentingan bagi mempunyai sebutan yang baik dengan pelbagai sebab. Majoriti kes juga mendapati bahawa menggunakan selfvids boleh membantu sebutan bahasa Inggeris yang lancar semasa mereka belajar di sekolah. Ia adalah disyorkan bahawa guru diberi kebebasan mengajar dengan membenarkan mereka untuk menggunakan selfvids sebagai sebahagian daripada kaedah pengajaran sebutan. Pihak berkuasa juga perlu membenarkan guru untuk menjalankan pengajaran tanpa mendesak untuk mengikut buku teks secara tegar untuk memastikan keaktifan murid dari sesi pembelajaran di dalam kelas.

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction

The Form 3 Assessment, or more well-known as Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) was pronounced to take Malaysia starting 2014 to replace the previous Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR). The PT3, which is identical to PMR, took effect starting on 2014 (The Star Online). Its first ever task started from July 1 to July 18 period which involved having the students to work on a case study instrument assessment for two subjects- Geography and History. This is relatively similar to the previous PMR whereby the students were also required to complete some paperwork assessment on the same subjects.

On the other hand, the two national languages papers- Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) and English, are given much emphasis in the new PT3 in which both papers were divided into several segments which are meant to test various skills of the students in general- mainly listening, speaking, reading and writing. Before this, the weightage of the speaking or ‘oral’ test was not really brought into consideration because there was no specific deliberation in justifying how well the students did in their oral test. But now with PT3, it is pictured in a clearer view because the teachers or the assessors were guided by a specific time frames and dates (based on individual school) in accordance to the direct instructions from the Ministry of Education. The questions were provided for and it uses a more systematic way o f assessment. Even the marking

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