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by Kuruvilla CK Joseph
Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:09 pm
Forum: Secondary School Education
Topic: SMS and E-Mails Blamed for Poor Performance in English
Replies: 6
Views: 4325

SMS and E-Mails Blamed for Poor Performance in English

I read with great interest the comments by the Director General of Education, Malaysia about the contributing factors for the decline in the overall performance of Form Three students in the PMR English Paper of 2003. He attributed SMS and e-mails as the main reasons for this decline! From my readin...
by Kuruvilla CK Joseph
Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:55 pm
Forum: Assessment
Topic: School-based Oral Assessment in Malaysia
Replies: 1
Views: 6556

School-based Oral Assessment in Malaysia

School-based oral assessment in Malaysia was implemented in the year 2002. The aims and objectives of this mode of assessment are nobel and well-intentioned in line with the communicative language teaching approach adopted in Malaysian schools. However, I would like to express my reservations with r...
by Kuruvilla CK Joseph
Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:04 am
Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
Topic: Learning English through Internet
Replies: 138
Views: 101227

Using the Internet to carry out reasearch

I do sincerely agree that the Internet can help a great deal when carrying out research. There is no cost involved and it is open 24 hours a day! A great number of websites offer useful information.