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English Language Literacies – Practices, Competencies vs Demands in Academic Discourses

dc.contributor.authorHaliza Harunen_US
dc.contributor.authorHazleena Baharunen_US
dc.contributor.authorNormazla Ahmad Mahiren_US
dc.contributor.authorNorhaili Massarien_US
dc.contributor.authorHazlina Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorFariza Puteh Behaken_US
dc.contributor.authorSuraini Mohd Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorRamiaida Darmien_US
dc.contributor.authorHabibah Ismailen_US
dc.contributor.authorNoor Saazai Mat Saaden_US
dc.contributor.authorHayati Ismailen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T01:43:49Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T01:43:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.date.submitted2022-1-25
dc.descriptionVol. 6 No. 2 (2021): Jurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.description.abstractThe role and position of the English language within the higher education has increasingly plays a significant role as the leading language of academic publications, technologies as well as communication. The higher institutions in the country hold important responsibilities to educate and produce the younger generation of Malaysians as potential human resources that not only fulfil the needs of the local and international workforce in the attempt to achieve the national’s aspiration of a developed country. This study seeks to understand the undergraduate students’ English language literacies in relation to the demand of the literacy practices and competencies needed at the tertiary level. The literacy practices in this instance include academic literacies that encompasses not only knowledge of discrete language skills and appropriate language use in context, but it is to be holistically understood to include also competence in reading and writing. Subsequently, data were collected via questionnaires and focus groups with selected undergraduate from various disciplines to investigate whether their educational and environmental factors influence their existing level of English language competencies.. Findings of the study provides in-depth insights of the challenges faced, and the language literacy practices needed in meeting the expectations of potential employers of the required English language skills to be used at workplace.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarun, H., Baharun, H., Ahmad Mahir, N., Massari, N., Abdullah, H., Puteh Behak, F., Mohd Ali, S., Darmi, R. ., Ismail, H., Mat Saad, N. S. ., & Ismail, H. (2021). English Language Literacies – Practices, Competencies vs Demands in Academic Discourses: Literasi Bahasa Inggeris – Amalan, Kompetensi lwn Keperluan dalam Wacana Akademik. Sains Insani, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.33102/sainsinsani.vol6no2.310en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33102/sainsinsani.vol6no2.310
dc.identifier.epage181
dc.identifier.issn0127-7871
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.other405-26
dc.identifier.spage173
dc.identifier.urihttps://sainsinsani.usim.edu.my/index.php/sainsinsani/article/view/310
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/15108
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUSIM PRESSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJurnal Sains Insanien_US
dc.subjectEnglish language, literacy practices, graduate employabilityen_US
dc.titleEnglish Language Literacies – Practices, Competencies vs Demands in Academic Discoursesen_US
dc.title.alternativeLiterasi Bahasa Inggeris – Amalan, Kompetensi lwn Keperluan dalam Wacana Akademiken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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