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Publication The perception of ease of use and usefulness of a MOOC for english for job application developed based on ADDIE instructional model(Pagoh, Johor :|bKulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia,|c2019, 2019) ;Nurul Syafieqah Jaafar ; ;Afiza Mohamad Ali, Ph.DZurahani Abdul Rahim, Ph.DMassive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a new online phenomenon that allows a massive number of learners to participate in a course. A MOOC is accessible to public with no geographical boundary. In order to promote Malaysian education globally, Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education encourages Malaysian higher learning institutions to develop MOOCs that reflect their niche. Many Malaysian higher learning institutions have adopted it into their teaching. It includes MOOCs to teach English for Occupational Purposes (EOP). However, the existing MOOCs on EOP have their limitations such as inaccessibility to the public as it requires an access code to access the content of the MOOC. To address this issue, an EOP MOOC was developed aiming to teach job application skills and language use for job application to undergraduates and fresh graduates as its main targeted learners. ADDIE instructional model was adopted in this study. A survey was conducted among 30 graduates at the analysis stage and 30 English for Specific Purposes students at the evaluation stage. The evaluation stage was done by gathering students’ perception towards the usefulness and ease of use of the MOOC. Davis’ Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use survey was adapted to gather the ESP students’ perception. The study found that the MOOC was positively perceived as useful and easy to use by the students. Only two issues were raised. One is the need for clearer voice overs and the need for guidelines on navigating around the MOOC.11 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication A qualitative study on English teachers' training and use of instructional strategies in English for camping program(Pagoh, Johor : Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2022, 2022) ;Norina Jabar ; ;Afiza Mohamad Ali, Ph.DNur Nabilah Abdullah, Ph.DTeachers' career stages are viewed as a progression that can be affected by personal and environmental factors. There are three main types of teachers’ career phases mentioned in Huberman (1993); Beginning, Middle and Ending. These stages reflect the teachers’ behaviour and views in their work life. For many of them, experience in career phases influences how they carry out school programmes and activities. English for Camping program (ECP) is one of the many types of English enrichment programs developed for primary students as part of their yearly camping program in public schools in Malaysia. Teaching ECP to a group of primary ESL students has made it impossible to be achieved because they are not mature enough to decide the specified needs yet. To make it possible, ESL teachers of different career stages need to be prepared to understand and create ECP activities, as well as be the medium to ensure the success of the ECP program. This qualitative study attempts to examine the three ESL teachers’ views of the train-the-trainer ECP program and their preferred instructional strategies used for the program through a one-to-one semi-structured interview. The study contextualizes the ECP under the umbrella of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) which situates the teachers as ‘initial learners’ of ESP since they needed to get orientated into understanding the language of English for Camping. Findings showed that the teachers were aware of the importance of professional development and that their instructional practices employed during the ECP training were closely related to their teaching experiences. Therefore, the ESL teachers’ professional development needs to be relevant to teachers’ teaching context which enables their active engagement in content and pedagogy.9 1