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Malay Literacy Education: Curriculum Content and Student Motivation in Reading
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This study explores the content of the reading skills curriculum in Malay literacy
education and identifies students' reading motivation in Brunei Darussalam. A qualitative
approach is used in the study by analyzing the content of reading skills in curriculum
documents and the Malay language syllabus from Year 1 to Year 11. In addition, the study also
uses a quantitative approach to descriptively identify students' reading motivation in one of the
boys' secondary schools in the Brunei and Muara District. This research involved 180 students
in Years 7, 8, and 9. The results of the study showed that the reading skills emphasized in the
curriculum are reading aloud skills for students in primary school and comprehension skills
for students in primary school to the secondary school level. The students' motivation shows
the category of the concept of appreciating what is read, chosen by the majority of the students
is item 8, which is ‘people who read are interesting people’ (mean 3.41), and item 20, which is
students are happy if they are given a book as a gift (mean 3.41). Next, in the category of
students' self-concept as readers, students think reading is an easy activity (mean 3.63).
Nevertheless, they sometimes worry about their friends' impressions of those interested in
reading (mean 2.13). Lastly, the category of reading activities at home showed a low mean
score of 2.92 and a standard deviation of .682. Basic reading skills and motivation are essential
and should not be ignored because, without them, it is rather difficult for students to become
literate and communicate and understand the information in various contexts in this century.
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Date:
2023
Authors:
Noradinah Jaidi
Sri Kartika A. Rahman
Nuruljannah S. Abdullah
Publisher:
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE)
