Abstract

Interest and Motivation of Students on Traditional Prose Teaching in Malay Language Literature Components

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  • Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, I.V.Braginsky and Muhammad Haji Salleh are among the hardworking scholars who analyzed the various genres of traditional-era literature, and they have discovered some concepts that formulated the theory of beauty in traditional Malay literature

  • Oral Traditional Malay literature is known as traditional poems covering pantun, syair, gurindam, seloka, spell, and so on while Traditional Malay Literature is a story or writing known as traditional prose such as Literature Hikayat, Epic Literature, Panji Literature, Literature of History and Religious Literature, is a symbol of the identity of the Malays and the indigenous way of their life which is inherent in the guidance of manners and proper conduct as a guide to forming good morals and personality in line with the nation's development in achieving a balanced human capital in terms of spiritual, physical and intellectual

  • The questionnaire consisted of two sections; Part A which included respondents' profiles such as gender and their achievement grades in Malay Language while Part B was related to the students' interest in traditional prose, their motivation in the genre and the level of teacher’s teaching skill

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Introduction

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, I.V.Braginsky and Muhammad Haji Salleh are among the hardworking scholars who analyzed the various genres of traditional-era literature, and they have discovered some concepts that formulated the theory of beauty in traditional Malay literature. Malay Language is studied in this country but 35 countries in the world have offered Malay studies at their Higher Education Institutions (IPTs) that the United States is the nation most widely offer this study (Omar, 2015 ) It explains that a person who is proficient in the language is a reflection of his life practice because the language is very closely related to the living culture and society. The high literary, cultural and religious values contained in the Malay Language need to be expanded and the introduction of literary work in the Malay Language helped in shaping the character of self This has been supported by Zaitul Azma Zainon Hamzah who stated that language and literary work was complementary race treasures to show civilization and uphold a nation (Mohamad Munir, 2012)

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