The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students' Language Proficiency

Autor/inn/en	Mukundan, Jayakaran; Mahvelati, Elaheh Hamed; Nimehchisalem, Vahid
Titel	The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students' Language Proficiency
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 11, S.1-7 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); English Instruction; Intensive Language Courses; Quasiexperimental Design; Scores; Pretests Posttests; Teaching Methods; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Achievement Gains; Statistical Analysis; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Intensive English programs are courses in which students participate in a higher number of classes in a shorter period. The available literature on intensive English courses indicates inconsistent results necessitating further research in this area. This study investigated the effect of an intensive English program on a group of Malaysian Secondary School students (n = 30) following a single group quasi-experimental design. Paired samples t-test was used to analyze the students' scores before and after the treatment that lasted four weeks. The results indicated that the students scored significantly higher (p = 0.000 <0.05) at post-test. The study has useful implications for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers, researchers, and curriculum developers. Further research is required before the findings of the study can be generalized. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01