A Trend Analysis of the Revised Secondary School English Teacher Recruitment Examination: Focused on English Literature Questions from 2014 to 2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 471-493
Author(s):  
Hyejin Lee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Trend Analysis ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Teacher Recruitment ◽  
English Teacher

scholarly journals An Intercultural Reading Programme (IRP) to Enhance Intercultural Knowledge among Secondary School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh ◽  
Fatin Najwa Amelia Marsani ◽  
Paramaswari Jaganathan ◽  
Ahmad Sofwan Nathan Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Group Interviews

As a multi ethnic country, Malaysia consists of three major ethnic groups mainly Malays, Chinese, and Indians with unity as its building block. Although education is seen as the best medium for the three major ethnic groups to work together, contemporary research shows that there is lack of intercultural understanding among these three ethnic groups. Therefore, this study focused on a classroom intervention to investigate how Malaysian based English literature can be utilized to promote intercultural understanding among Form Four secondary school students via reading. This qualitative research design study collected data through focus group interviews and journal entry. This research explored intercultural knowledge among Form Four students through the Intercultural Reading Program (IRP). Findings indicate that the IRP intervention improved Form Four students’ level of intercultural knowledge. This research puts forward suggestions to the Ministry of Education such as integrating IRP in its secondary schools’ English Literature curriculum.

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