Reading and Writing Problem among B40 Students in Malay Language Learning

Zamri Mahamod, Rohaida Mazlan,

doi:10.17762/turcomat.v12i5.727

Abstract

The study aims to identify the problems faced by among B40 students in reading and writing skills. This case study is conducted on 16 students from families that do not know B40 and substandard reading and writing in Malay Language. A total of 5 B40 Malay students, 7 B40 Chinese students and 4 B40 Indian students selected as study participants. All these students study in form 1 in two national secondary schools namely as SMKA and SMKB in Hulu Langat district, Kajang, Selangor. 8 B40 students from SMKA and 8 B40 students from SMKB. Structured interviews are used as a data collection tool. Interview data were analyzed narratively where the themes found were based on the analyzed transcripts. The findings of the study show that the main reading problem of B40 students is that they do not know how to read and do not understand what is being read. As for writing problems, B40 students do not know what is written. B40 Chinese students is the weakest students in reading and writing, followed by B40 Indian andB40 Malay students. Through the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the problem of reading and writing among B40 students is an issue that needs to be addressed by teachers, MOE and parents.

Highlights

The study aims to identify the problems faced by among B40 students in reading and writing skills
Study respondents referred to primary school students, rural students, but pupil backgrounds such as those from B40 families or so on have never been studied.this study aims to examine how students from B40 families in Hulu Langat district on the level of mastery of reading and writing skills as well as the problems faced by students from the B40 family from the perspective of students, teachers and parents
Student Demographics B40 In this study, 16 form 1 students from two national secondary schools in hulu Langat district were used as study participants

Summary

Introduction

The study aims to identify the problems faced by among B40 students in reading and writing skills. Almost 40% of The Malaysian population is made up of households with monthly income under the poverty line income (Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia 2017) As these groups/families of B40 are averagely low-income families, this poverty factor negatively affects the contents of the B40 family, especially in their children in the aspects of residence, eating drinks, clothing and so on, including in terms of education. Study respondents referred to primary school students, rural students, but pupil backgrounds such as those from B40 families or so on have never been studied.this study aims to examine how students from B40 families in Hulu Langat district on the level of mastery of reading and writing skills as well as the problems faced by students from the B40 family from the perspective of students, teachers and parents

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