Abstract
This study focuses on the contrastive analysis of German and Malay modal verbs. It aims to contrast the similarities and differences of German modal verb word formation process to Malay (Kata Bantu Ragam) by using Whitman’s Model (1970). This qualitative study of contrast modal verbs occurred in the editorial column of Kuala Lumpur German speaking society’s magazine “KL-POST” issued in the year of 2012 which served as research instrument. The method also includes content analysis which the data will be identified, underlined, translated and gathered before explicitly contrast and discussed. This contrastive study of German and Malay modal verbs will have implication on both learning and teaching of German. It may provide better understanding for new learners of German to form German sentences thus resulting in less error in their studies. This study may be used not only by students, but also language instructors and lectures who will apply this study as a guide to prepare a better teaching plan in order to provide better explanations when dealing with learners who are morphologically and semantically incompetent.
Highlights
IntroductionKnowing the importance of keeping this relation, the Malaysian government has been encouraging Malaysians to learn German
The year 1958 marks a new era of learning German officially in Malaysia with the first establishment of Goethe Institute in Penang
In all three editorial columns of the KL-POST magazine issued from January until March, 11 modal verbs have been found used
Summary
Knowing the importance of keeping this relation, the Malaysian government has been encouraging Malaysians to learn German. Learning German verbs will appear as a challenge for Malaysian language learners due to the typological differences, Koh When constructing German modal verb in a phrase, disoriented Malaysian learners may face many challenges due to the word formation process differences, Schmitz (1991). Many Malaysian learners of German only learn German based on grammar books and explanation from their educator in classes, Koh This study is hoped to provide an alternative way of explaining to the new learners of German in order to understand German language better
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