Helping engineering students in Malaysia develop positive attitudes towards learning English as a second language

• Main Authors: Akeem, Ameen, Abdul Rasak, Noor Zainab
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Engineering, Applied and Management Sciences Paradigms (IJEAM) 2019
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88330/1/NoorZainabAbdulRasak2019_HelpingEngineeringStudentsinMalaysiaDevelop.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88330/; http://www.ijeam.com/Published%20Paper/Volume%2054/Issue%203/50.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Language, identity and attitudes are importantly interwoven concepts. While the role of language cannot be over emphasised especially in multilingual society like Malaysia thereby giving rise to diglossia, we cannot deny that our attempts to uphold a (our) particular linguistic identity also plays a...