The world has witnessed significant detrimental effects of online gaming addiction to many individuals after the Era of Convergence. From playing game on console to playing online, the game industry evolved to be billion-dollar industry that lured many players to commit themselves that has resulted in addiction that increase over the years especially after the offline game gone online after the Era of Convergence. As much as the western world acknowledges the negative ramification of gaming addiction, the Muslim world recognizes it even more as having damaging effects on any individuals if it is related to the therotical concept of Al-Ghaflah (Heedlesness) in Islam. 82 university students were interviewed to determine the possible causes of heedlessness that can be found in prolong game play, the mechanics of game, and satisfaction found through escapism in this activity. The analysis indicated that gamers who played found satisfaction through dependency on game and needed to find greater achievement in play, causing them to focus on this gaming activity. The prolong addiction is to a certain extend is conflicting and controversial to the life of Muslims who wasted time on heedless activity that is delusional and swayed them from the remembrance of Allah.

Malaysian University English Test (MUET)has been implemented by the Ministry of Education to prepare tertiary students with the necessary English language skills. These skills are significant not just for the sake of passing the examination but also to train the students with English medium instructions in the classrooms at the tertiary level. The abovementioned skills are reading, writing, listening, and speaking; which will be examined amongst students to aid them to secure a place in universities. The four basic skills may sound manageable tolearn but there are still gaps in students‟ proficiency of the language which disrupt their competency, especially in their listening skills. Current researches show that students are not adequately prepared with listening strategies and listening comprehension instruction in the classroom. Thus, this study aims to investigate 60 undergraduate students‟ listening strategies; P.I.S.A (Predicting, Inferring and Selective Attention), in answering their listening tasks. A quantitative approach was employed with the use of a questionnaire as the instrument. The findings confirmed that a majority of the students adopted steadily these three strategies in their listening skills. This result may help to increase the basic listening competency and cognitive abilities among the undergraduate students and thereby ultimately enhance students‟ listening strategies of MUET at tertiary level.

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have introduced innovative tools that significantly influence diverse aspects of human life. Among these, ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has emerged as a powerful tool in the realm of English writing and communication. This paper explores the implications of integrating ChatGPT into the process of English writing amongst educators, focusing on its advantages, limitations, challenges as well ethical concern. The paper also recommends the possibility of using ChatGPT for further study as well as its potential applications for researchers and scholars.