Melor Md Yunus
Biographic Data
| ID | 6619288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melor Md Yunus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melor Md |
| FAMILY NAME | Yunus |
| SIGNATURE | YUNUS M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7504-7143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chinese EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices after Implementing an Emotional Scaffolding-Integrated Writing Module
Recent trends in EFL writing instruction have shown a shift from purely cognitive approaches to pedagogies that integrate emotional support into teaching and learning. However, little is known about how a GBA–ES-integrated writing module may reshape Chinese EFL teachers’ beliefs and practices. The study examined how teachers’ beliefs and practices shifted following the implementation of a genre-based approach and emotional scaffolding (GBA–ES) wr…
Evaluating metaverse-based L2 vocabulary learning effectiveness using a proposed metric of vocabulary forgetting percentage
Introduction Vocabulary gain and retention are widely recognized as essential metrics in second language (L2) vocabulary learning. However, these traditional measures often fail to reflect the proportional loss of learned vocabulary knowledge over time, thus limiting their practical, diagnostic, and comparative value across different instructional contexts. Methods To address this gap, the present study proposes a percentage-based metric: Vocabul…
ESL Teachers as Practitioners’ Consensus of an ESL Global Competence Framework Indicators
As globalization increasingly influences educational priorities, the ability to define and measure teachers' global competence is paramount. This study aims to identify the perceived indicators of an ESL Global Competence Framework (ESLGCF) for English as a Second Language (ESL) practitioners, employing the Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) for data analysis. The data were gathered from 392 ESL practitioners across various public school settings in M…
The English Communication Experiences of Accounting Undergraduates During Internships
The issue of poor communication skills among undergraduates, which hamper their performance during internship and employment, has been researched extensively in the literature. However, empirical studies on what the interns have gained and learnt from the internship have not been widely explored. This paper presents the findings of a study of Accounting interns’ experiences in their English communication during their six-month internship at respe…
A Review of Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Social Networking Sites for the Teaching and Learning of English
Due to the advent of the industrial revolution 4.0, there is now a crucial need for teachers to ensure that pupils are both skilled in English and technologically savvy. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of social networking sites (SNSs) has become compulsory. Their use has influenced the education system, which has embraced online learning. By implementing SNSs, English teachers have provided pupils with ample opportunities to learn, apply a…
Revisiting Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Teaching ESL Speaking Skills
As the world heads into modernisation, English is widely spoken by non-native speakers due to the globally competitive market. Teaching speaking in ESL classrooms has always been a massive problem since many learners are struggling to utter simple sentences despite years of learning English. By introducing the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) into the existing curriculum, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach is being priori…
Student-Produced Video for Learning
In this modern era, students learn in various ways, and thus, the learning methods should also change to suit them. Student-produced videos are one of the proposed methods. Therefore, this systematic literature review focuses on student-produced videos and their benefits to learning. This systematic literature review used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review methodology. A total of thirty articles …
Systematic Literature Review
Effective verbal communication in the English language poses many challenges for Malaysian students. As English is not their first language, the average Malaysian finds it difficult to attain the required speaking proficiency. COVID has only exacerbated this problem. Moving from a traditional classroom setting to an online one limits cohesive and effective verbal communication between the spreader and listener (s). Both students and teachers had …
Exploring English Descriptive Writing Vocabulary Acquisition through Creative Pedagogical Strategies
Review on previous English as a second language (ESL) interventional programmes in Malaysia has indicated limited emphasis on creative pedagogy. Particularly in writing classes that include descriptive writing, a genre that requires writers to be creative and expressive, a significant portion of learners were found to suffer from poor proficiency. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the impact of creative pedagogical strategies on ESL l…
Unveiling the successes of religious school leavers in learning English proficiency course via a blended approach
The blended learning approach has achieved great success in the teaching of languages. It has been widely used to teach students at all levels, including university students from religious schools, who continue to grow in number nowadays. Unfortunately, these religious school leavers lacked of guidance in using their own handheld technology for English language learning. Therefore blended learning is the most suitable approach to teach these lear…
Autism Children and English Vocabulary Learning
Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual's life development and growth. Normal learners' English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the other hand, appear to have different learning methods and routines. There has been a lot of previous work on the language learning styles of normal learners, but not much on the language learning path of children…
Pre-Service Teachers’ Views on the Implementation of Game-Based Learning for Academic Writing Skills
Implementation of game-based learning has been perceived by educators as a means to enhance effective classroom learning. Aspects in games have been identified to motivate learners to actively engage throughout the learning as it provides a fun, engaging, and rewarding experience for the learners. Despite the widespread of games implementation in classroom learning, limited exposure has been noted in the context of language learning particularly …
The Efficacy of Simulated Teaching in Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Practicum
Teacher training programme has been recognised for its importance in training and preparing pre-service teachers for practicum and teaching profession. Interest in the field is noticeable with a number of studies conducted on teacher training areas. To ensure that appropriate training is given for the pre-service teachers prior to their actual classroom teaching, there is a need to look into the extent the pedagogical and content knowledge are de…
Dual-Language Programme in Malaysian Secondary Schools
Learning Science and Mathematics in English has its own advantages and disadvantages. Since the abolishment of English for Teaching Mathematics and Science policy (PPSMI), the Ministry of Education has introduced an initiative named the Dual-Language Programme (DLP) in 2016. This study aims to identify the level of readiness and confidence among the students in this programme. In tandem, it also aims to discover the difference in the level of rea…
Enhancing the Quality of the Findings of a Longitudinal Case Study
Case study often implies the collection of unstructured data and qualitative analysis of those data. Additionally, it is often argued that the aim of case study research should be to capture cases in their uniqueness, rather than to use them as a basis for wider generalization or theoretical inference of some kind. Hence, it often raises a fundamental issue about the aspect of trustworthiness. This paper aims to examine the extent of support by u…
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections
Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations…
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A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections
Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations…
Enhancing the Quality of the Findings of a Longitudinal Case Study
Case study often implies the collection of unstructured data and qualitative analysis of those data. Additionally, it is often argued that the aim of case study research should be to capture cases in their uniqueness, rather than to use them as a basis for wider generalization or theoretical inference of some kind. Hence, it often raises a fundamental issue about the aspect of trustworthiness. This paper aims to examine the extent of support by u…
Dual-Language Programme in Malaysian Secondary Schools
Learning Science and Mathematics in English has its own advantages and disadvantages. Since the abolishment of English for Teaching Mathematics and Science policy (PPSMI), the Ministry of Education has introduced an initiative named the Dual-Language Programme (DLP) in 2016. This study aims to identify the level of readiness and confidence among the students in this programme. In tandem, it also aims to discover the difference in the level of rea…
The Efficacy of Simulated Teaching in Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Practicum
Teacher training programme has been recognised for its importance in training and preparing pre-service teachers for practicum and teaching profession. Interest in the field is noticeable with a number of studies conducted on teacher training areas. To ensure that appropriate training is given for the pre-service teachers prior to their actual classroom teaching, there is a need to look into the extent the pedagogical and content knowledge are de…
Pre-Service Teachers’ Views on the Implementation of Game-Based Learning for Academic Writing Skills
Implementation of game-based learning has been perceived by educators as a means to enhance effective classroom learning. Aspects in games have been identified to motivate learners to actively engage throughout the learning as it provides a fun, engaging, and rewarding experience for the learners. Despite the widespread of games implementation in classroom learning, limited exposure has been noted in the context of language learning particularly …
Systematic Literature Review
Effective verbal communication in the English language poses many challenges for Malaysian students. As English is not their first language, the average Malaysian finds it difficult to attain the required speaking proficiency. COVID has only exacerbated this problem. Moving from a traditional classroom setting to an online one limits cohesive and effective verbal communication between the spreader and listener (s). Both students and teachers had …
Exploring English Descriptive Writing Vocabulary Acquisition through Creative Pedagogical Strategies
Review on previous English as a second language (ESL) interventional programmes in Malaysia has indicated limited emphasis on creative pedagogy. Particularly in writing classes that include descriptive writing, a genre that requires writers to be creative and expressive, a significant portion of learners were found to suffer from poor proficiency. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the impact of creative pedagogical strategies on ESL l…
Unveiling the successes of religious school leavers in learning English proficiency course via a blended approach
The blended learning approach has achieved great success in the teaching of languages. It has been widely used to teach students at all levels, including university students from religious schools, who continue to grow in number nowadays. Unfortunately, these religious school leavers lacked of guidance in using their own handheld technology for English language learning. Therefore blended learning is the most suitable approach to teach these lear…
Autism Children and English Vocabulary Learning
Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual's life development and growth. Normal learners' English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the other hand, appear to have different learning methods and routines. There has been a lot of previous work on the language learning styles of normal learners, but not much on the language learning path of children…
The English Communication Experiences of Accounting Undergraduates During Internships
The issue of poor communication skills among undergraduates, which hamper their performance during internship and employment, has been researched extensively in the literature. However, empirical studies on what the interns have gained and learnt from the internship have not been widely explored. This paper presents the findings of a study of Accounting interns’ experiences in their English communication during their six-month internship at respe…
A Review of Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Social Networking Sites for the Teaching and Learning of English
Due to the advent of the industrial revolution 4.0, there is now a crucial need for teachers to ensure that pupils are both skilled in English and technologically savvy. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of social networking sites (SNSs) has become compulsory. Their use has influenced the education system, which has embraced online learning. By implementing SNSs, English teachers have provided pupils with ample opportunities to learn, apply a…
Revisiting Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Teaching ESL Speaking Skills
As the world heads into modernisation, English is widely spoken by non-native speakers due to the globally competitive market. Teaching speaking in ESL classrooms has always been a massive problem since many learners are struggling to utter simple sentences despite years of learning English. By introducing the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) into the existing curriculum, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach is being priori…
Student-Produced Video for Learning
In this modern era, students learn in various ways, and thus, the learning methods should also change to suit them. Student-produced videos are one of the proposed methods. Therefore, this systematic literature review focuses on student-produced videos and their benefits to learning. This systematic literature review used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review methodology. A total of thirty articles …
Evaluating metaverse-based L2 vocabulary learning effectiveness using a proposed metric of vocabulary forgetting percentage
Introduction Vocabulary gain and retention are widely recognized as essential metrics in second language (L2) vocabulary learning. However, these traditional measures often fail to reflect the proportional loss of learned vocabulary knowledge over time, thus limiting their practical, diagnostic, and comparative value across different instructional contexts. Methods To address this gap, the present study proposes a percentage-based metric: Vocabul…
ESL Teachers as Practitioners’ Consensus of an ESL Global Competence Framework Indicators
As globalization increasingly influences educational priorities, the ability to define and measure teachers' global competence is paramount. This study aims to identify the perceived indicators of an ESL Global Competence Framework (ESLGCF) for English as a Second Language (ESL) practitioners, employing the Rasch Measurement Model (RMM) for data analysis. The data were gathered from 392 ESL practitioners across various public school settings in M…
Chinese EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices after Implementing an Emotional Scaffolding-Integrated Writing Module
Recent trends in EFL writing instruction have shown a shift from purely cognitive approaches to pedagogies that integrate emotional support into teaching and learning. However, little is known about how a GBA–ES-integrated writing module may reshape Chinese EFL teachers’ beliefs and practices. The study examined how teachers’ beliefs and practices shifted following the implementation of a genre-based approach and emotional scaffolding (GBA–ES) wr…
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