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Motivations For Early English in Primary Education in Bangladesh: A Critical Dialogic Analysis
Ali Azgor Talukder, Moses Samuel & A N M Tofail Hossain
This paper attempts a dialogic analysis of dominant and oppositional discourses associated with the motivations for an Early English education policy in Bangladesh by attempting to juxtapose them and analyse points of connection or dissonance. A critical dialogic analysis was adopted drawing on the work of Freire and Bakhtin. The analysis of dominant and oppositional discourses opens up transformative...
Interlocking the Interconnection between Gender Beliefs and Capability Deprivation amongst Marginalised Communities: A Conceptual Framework
Nithiya Guna Saigaran
This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework to expand the meaning of poverty beyond income level by using the interconnection of gender beliefs and capability deprivation. The issue of poverty has always been seen and understood from a one dimensional position, and this is highly problematic, as it does not reflect the reality of everyday life of communities and people on the ground, especially the ...
Effective and Communicative Domains of Colours with an Emphasis on Forces Scope and Intrinsic Effects of Yellow in the Qur’an
Faezeh Asadi & Atefeh Asadi
While color is a common phenomenon in the world, it creates the most complex domains of communication for human beings. Verse 13 of Surah Al-Nahl describes the creation of the earth in different colours for human beings. Science shows that due to the presence of cone cells in the human eye, the nature of the universe is black, white, and...
Students’ Challenges and Teaching Strategies for Virtual Science Learning in Primary Years during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shuvra Rahman & Lee Yee Ling
Science education in the primary years is significant as it offers an aspiration for innovation and creativity. In 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the whole world, educational institutes from preschool to tertiary level had to migrate to virtual teaching and learning. Most of the educators and learners were not prepared for this unprecedented...
Tracing Racially Inclusive Identity in Malaysian Theatre: A Systematic Literature Review
Mark Beau De Silva & Kalai Vaani Rajandram
Scholarship on contemporary Malaysian theatre has been in tandem with discussions related to nation-building. race, and identity, illustrating its importance as an archival tool of the social and political milieu of the times. However, the longstanding debate has always been about racial issues. While its relevance has been acknowledged...
Development and Implementation of an Online English Entrance Test System during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Malaysian University
Norshahila Mohamad Razak, Judith Nesamalar Tharumaraj, Kalai Vaani Rajandram, Prema Ponnudurai, Jacqueline Thomas Pereira, Sharon Linang Jimbun, Joyce Cheah Kim Sim & Kelly Tee Pei Leng
International English language test centres around the world were restricted from conducting physical examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This created an immense impact on the overall university admission and enrolment as students were unable to access test centres to fulfil English language enrolment requirements. Based on Alessi and Trollip’s Instructional System Design Model (2001), this...