Impact of integrating local culture into language materials on communicative ability of Malaysian lower secondary learners

• Main Authors: Radha M K Nambiar,, Ruzy Suliza Hashim,, Ruhizan Mohammad Yassin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15882/1/28856-91314-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15882/; http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1152

The importance of culture in learning a language is widely acknowledged even if the integration of culture into language learning and teaching materials has seen various opinions and approaches. Bearing in mind the ultimate aim of learning a language is for communication it is important materials...