Adelina Asmawi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1150524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adelina Asmawi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adelina |
| FAMILY NAME | Asmawi |
| SIGNATURE | ASMAWI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0595-2986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Approaches
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) have been acknowledged to be a major data collection method in the qualitative and mixed-method research paradigms. It is widely applied for eliciting in-depth, collective insights on a phenomenon. Therefore, researchers adopting qualitative and mixed methods must have mastery of this method. Markedly, a simple, straightforward introductory resource is scarce on FGDs. Therefore, based on an unsystematic literature r…
Reflective Narratives as Qualitative Data
Narrative data or reflective narratives (RNs) represent a vital qualitative data. This kind of data captures the subjective, self-reflexive, and contextually embedded experiences of individuals on any specific phenomenon. RNs have widespread use in the field of education, nursing, social work, and counselling and in almost all qualitative methodologies. Yet, RNs are under-explained especially for novice researchers. Therefore, this study addresse…
The Tetra Pillars of Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research
Paralleled to reliability and validity of quantitative inquiries, trustworthiness is critically significant in qualitative research. Making sense of it and mastering and achieving it in qualitative studies is inevitable for qualitative researchers. However, due to limited guiding resources, complexity in the available literature, and often fragmented discussions, early-career researchers often go unequipped and less informed when they carry out t…
From Theory to Classroom
This study bridges the gap between theoretical frameworks and classroom practice by designing a translanguaging pedagogy (TP) module for volunteer teachers at an alternative learning centre serving refugees in Malaysia. Grounded in a comprehensive needs analysis and refined through expert consensus, the module emphasizes bilingual proficiency, interactive teaching methods, and diverse learning materials to enhance English communication skills. Fo…
Using Non-Lexicalised Pauses as Self-Assessment Metacognitive Strategies to Enhance Speech Production
Speech experts consider non-lexicalised pauses as speakers’ cognitive actions to monitor, evaluate and enhance their speech outputs. Although these actions are linked to self-assessment, speakers’ self-assessment skills in English as a Second Language-speaking contexts are often confined to how they utilise assessment rubrics, checklists and teacher commentaries. Since, in reality, speaking is impromptu and individuals have limited access to thes…
The mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between social anxiety and communication skills among middle school students in China
Nowadays, great attention has been attached to the social and psychological development of adolescents. Emotional intelligence is a pivotal skill in managing emotions and interpersonal relationships. This paper aims to investigate whether emotional intelligence mediates between social anxiety and communication skills. The participants were 168 female and 91 male, middle school students. This study was quantitative and correlational in nature, usi…
An Investigation of Undergraduate Students' Use of Communication Skills in Online EFL Learning
This study aimed at exploring the level, preference, and use of communication skills among undergraduate students in an online EFL learning context and to examine whether there are significant differences according to their gender and mode of study. A survey method was applied through quantitative data collection. For this purpose, a questionnaire was distributed to 200 undergraduate students at a public university in China. The communication ski…
The Effects of Online Production-Oriented Approach (POA) on Chinese Undergraduates’ English Speaking Competence Development During Covid-19 Pandemic Era
The Covid-19 pandemic has expedited Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) following a sudden closure of academic institutions. Although within the past years, POA was fully developed and expanded in various projects that yielded fruitful college English learning results (Matsuda, 2017), recently, in the learning and practice of Oral English by Chinese undergraduates, there are distinct drawbacks and issues affecting language learning. This paper att…
The Effect of Presentation-Assimilation-Discussion (PAD) Class Model on Chinese Undergraduates’ Business English Writing Performance
As China's economy and society keep expanding, the significance of business English in worldwide communication remains progressively crucial. Ensuring that China's business English talent training meets global standards is a priority. It has, therefore, become crucial and time-consuming to figure out how to help Chinese students enhance their business English writing skills. Zhang Xuexin, a Chinese professor at Fudan University, proposed the PAD …
A Local Alternative to Global Wholesale Online Schooling during Covid-19
Given the shutdown of the schools worldwide thanks to COVID-19 pandemic hit early in 2020, there had been, for a while, a mounting global concern over continuing education and averting children’s learning loss. Paying heed to that concern, many nations across the world transitioned to online education as a wholesale alternative approach to emergency schooling. However, online schooling was no single panacea specially for those developing countrie…
A Literature Review of Studies on Production-oriented Approach (POA) in China
The Production-Oriented Approach (POA) is a novel teaching approach with Chinese characteristics that is also one of China's research hotspots in the field of English instruction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the theory's future development and challenges based on the research state of POA in China, in order to promote POA's application in a wider range. The researcher retrieved academic journals, master's and doctoral dissertation…
Critical Peer Feedback For Business English Writing Through Qzone Blogs
This study explored critical peer feedback with critical thinking to improve Business English writing. Higher-order thinking skills in peer feedback is conducted to facilitate higher-level writing. This study focuses on the participants’ mechanism of critical peer feedback, Qzone blog for critical peer feedback, and issues in critical peer feedback. A qualitative case study is conducted with six Chinese undergraduates. Three kinds of data includi…
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Critical Peer Feedback For Business English Writing Through Qzone Blogs
This study explored critical peer feedback with critical thinking to improve Business English writing. Higher-order thinking skills in peer feedback is conducted to facilitate higher-level writing. This study focuses on the participants’ mechanism of critical peer feedback, Qzone blog for critical peer feedback, and issues in critical peer feedback. A qualitative case study is conducted with six Chinese undergraduates. Three kinds of data includi…
A Literature Review of Studies on Production-oriented Approach (POA) in China
The Production-Oriented Approach (POA) is a novel teaching approach with Chinese characteristics that is also one of China's research hotspots in the field of English instruction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the theory's future development and challenges based on the research state of POA in China, in order to promote POA's application in a wider range. The researcher retrieved academic journals, master's and doctoral dissertation…
A Local Alternative to Global Wholesale Online Schooling during Covid-19
Given the shutdown of the schools worldwide thanks to COVID-19 pandemic hit early in 2020, there had been, for a while, a mounting global concern over continuing education and averting children’s learning loss. Paying heed to that concern, many nations across the world transitioned to online education as a wholesale alternative approach to emergency schooling. However, online schooling was no single panacea specially for those developing countrie…
The Effects of Online Production-Oriented Approach (POA) on Chinese Undergraduates’ English Speaking Competence Development During Covid-19 Pandemic Era
The Covid-19 pandemic has expedited Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) following a sudden closure of academic institutions. Although within the past years, POA was fully developed and expanded in various projects that yielded fruitful college English learning results (Matsuda, 2017), recently, in the learning and practice of Oral English by Chinese undergraduates, there are distinct drawbacks and issues affecting language learning. This paper att…
The Effect of Presentation-Assimilation-Discussion (PAD) Class Model on Chinese Undergraduates’ Business English Writing Performance
As China's economy and society keep expanding, the significance of business English in worldwide communication remains progressively crucial. Ensuring that China's business English talent training meets global standards is a priority. It has, therefore, become crucial and time-consuming to figure out how to help Chinese students enhance their business English writing skills. Zhang Xuexin, a Chinese professor at Fudan University, proposed the PAD …
Using Non-Lexicalised Pauses as Self-Assessment Metacognitive Strategies to Enhance Speech Production
Speech experts consider non-lexicalised pauses as speakers’ cognitive actions to monitor, evaluate and enhance their speech outputs. Although these actions are linked to self-assessment, speakers’ self-assessment skills in English as a Second Language-speaking contexts are often confined to how they utilise assessment rubrics, checklists and teacher commentaries. Since, in reality, speaking is impromptu and individuals have limited access to thes…
The mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between social anxiety and communication skills among middle school students in China
Nowadays, great attention has been attached to the social and psychological development of adolescents. Emotional intelligence is a pivotal skill in managing emotions and interpersonal relationships. This paper aims to investigate whether emotional intelligence mediates between social anxiety and communication skills. The participants were 168 female and 91 male, middle school students. This study was quantitative and correlational in nature, usi…
An Investigation of Undergraduate Students' Use of Communication Skills in Online EFL Learning
This study aimed at exploring the level, preference, and use of communication skills among undergraduate students in an online EFL learning context and to examine whether there are significant differences according to their gender and mode of study. A survey method was applied through quantitative data collection. For this purpose, a questionnaire was distributed to 200 undergraduate students at a public university in China. The communication ski…
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Approaches
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) have been acknowledged to be a major data collection method in the qualitative and mixed-method research paradigms. It is widely applied for eliciting in-depth, collective insights on a phenomenon. Therefore, researchers adopting qualitative and mixed methods must have mastery of this method. Markedly, a simple, straightforward introductory resource is scarce on FGDs. Therefore, based on an unsystematic literature r…
Reflective Narratives as Qualitative Data
Narrative data or reflective narratives (RNs) represent a vital qualitative data. This kind of data captures the subjective, self-reflexive, and contextually embedded experiences of individuals on any specific phenomenon. RNs have widespread use in the field of education, nursing, social work, and counselling and in almost all qualitative methodologies. Yet, RNs are under-explained especially for novice researchers. Therefore, this study addresse…
The Tetra Pillars of Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research
Paralleled to reliability and validity of quantitative inquiries, trustworthiness is critically significant in qualitative research. Making sense of it and mastering and achieving it in qualitative studies is inevitable for qualitative researchers. However, due to limited guiding resources, complexity in the available literature, and often fragmented discussions, early-career researchers often go unequipped and less informed when they carry out t…
From Theory to Classroom
This study bridges the gap between theoretical frameworks and classroom practice by designing a translanguaging pedagogy (TP) module for volunteer teachers at an alternative learning centre serving refugees in Malaysia. Grounded in a comprehensive needs analysis and refined through expert consensus, the module emphasizes bilingual proficiency, interactive teaching methods, and diverse learning materials to enhance English communication skills. Fo…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · China (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works)