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Gender Difference in Reading Attitudes of Primary School Students: From the Lenses of Language Teachers

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dc.contributor.authorHazlina Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorRatnawati Mohd Asrafen_US
dc.contributor.authorRahimah Saiminen_US
dc.contributor.authorNursyuhada’ Ab. Wahaben_US
dc.contributor.authorMyra Aidrin Mohd Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorSakinah Ahmaden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T09:06:21Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T09:06:21Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionProsiding Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam Malaysia (MEDC 2020): “Ke Arah Menginsankan Pendidikan di Malaysia / Penyunting Hishomudin Ahmad, Noor Saazai Mat Saad, Rahimah Saimin, Kirembwe Rashid Abdul Hamed, Noorhayati Hashim, Sarifah Nurhanum Syed Sahuri, Zarina Ashikin Zakaria, Nur Shahadah Mohd Surbani 11-12 November 2020 (Seminar Dalam Talian) Anjuran : Fakulti Pengajian Bahasa Utama, USIM & Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam Malaysiaen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction - Literature reveals that attitude is a crucial factor in reading. Having positive reading attitudes can influence students’ academic achievement. Research in this field has increasingly investigated the nature and role of positive attitudes in language learning, and also its variations between boys and girls. However, in Malaysia, there has only been a small number of researches that investigate teachers’ perceptions on reading attitudes of students especially those in primary schools. It is of great significance to explore the reading attitudes of these groups of students as the Malaysian Government calls for every student to be able to function in Bahasa Malaysia and also English language settings. Purpose – This paper documents teachers' personal perceptions regarding students' reading attitudes, ways of dealing with them, and their suggestions on teaching the different gender. Methodology – This is a qualitative study which employs focus group interviews and journal entries to gain an in-depth understanding of the reading attitudes of boys and girls from teachers’ perspective. It involves interviews with six Bahasa Malaysia teachers and six English teachers from six primary schools chosen randomly in Selangor. The focus group interview sessions took approximately one hour and thirty minutes each. Data are also obtained from journal entries to further elicit the teachers’ ideas and thoughts regarding the issue. The results of the interviews are transcribed by the researchers, and both the interviews and journal entries are analysed using thematic analysis. Findings – In sum, teachers feel that girls have more positive attitudes toward reading in comparison to boys. Data from the interviews and journal entries reveal rather similar and parallel themes in relation to boys’ and girls’ reading attitudes in L1 and L2. Several themes have emerged from the interviews with the teachers, which include the gendered preference of reading materials, teaching strategies, school, family, peer, and student factors, which all play a part in students’ literacy achievement. Although teachers are aware of the differences between boys and girls in literacy, especially in reading, not many employ different strategies in teaching reading to boys and girls. Significance – Conceivably the Teacher Education Division could incorporate relevant courses to deal with specific literacy teaching strategies regarding different gender.en_US
dc.identifier.epage623
dc.identifier.isbneISBN: 9789674408855
dc.identifier.spage609
dc.identifier.urihttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1EP06vRgMNMfHQIA4CB2hAZrr4AIhvfnn/view
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/18122
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFakulti Pengajian Bahasa Utama, USIMen_US
dc.relation.conferenceProsiding Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam Malaysia (MEDC 2020)en_US
dc.subjectgender difference, reading attitudes, teachers’ perceptionsen_US
dc.titleGender Difference in Reading Attitudes of Primary School Students: From the Lenses of Language Teachersen_US
dc.title.alternativePerbezaan Jantina Dalam Sikap Membaca Murid Sekolah Rendah: Dari Lensa Guru-Guru Bahasaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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