Cultutal Factors Affecting English Proficiency in Rural Areas

Autor/in	Ler, Ee Chop
Titel	Cultutal Factors Affecting English Proficiency in Rural Areas
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 3 (2012) 1, S.1-23 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Cultural Influences; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; Rural Schools; Questionnaires; Peer Influence; Motivation; Language Attitudes; Teaching Methods; School Culture; Islam; Religious Factors; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Cloze Procedure; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Fragebogen; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Sprachverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Lückentext
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 in Terengganu, Malaysia were interviewed. In addition the 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 1) 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 2) the problems discussed by the teachers and students are similar and 3) 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01