Date of Award
1-1-2001
Thesis Type
Masters
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
Department
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Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the rural 'cultural' problems and to determine their effect on the learning of English. Twenty students from different ethnic backgrounds and English language proficiency in six rural schools were interviewed. In addition, ten teachers also from different rural schools and ethnic backgrounds responded to a questionnaire. The problems discussed by both the teacher and student respondents arose due to the rural cultural setting. The findings of this study show that i) five major problem areas exist, namely peer pressure and motivation, attitudes towards English, teaching methodology, school culture, influence of Islamic teaching on the learning of English ii) the problems discussed by the teachers and students are similar and iii) most importantly all these identified problems are closely related to the rural setting. Therefore, one can conclude that rural cultural factors adversely affect English proficiency of the rural students of this study.
Additional Information
Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 2001.
Recommended Citation
Ee, Chop Ler, "Cultural factors affecting English proficiency in rural areas" (2001). Student Works (2000-2009). 545.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2000s/545
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