THE MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL EFL SPEAKING CURRICULUM: A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS

Hazleena Baharun; Harison Mohd Sidek; Noor Saazai Mat Saad; Mohd Muzhafar Mohd Idrus; Haliza Harun; Ramiaida Darmi; Norhana Abdullah; Zarina Ashikin Zakaria

doi:10.18768/ijaedu.288042

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THE MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL EFL SPEAKING CURRICULUM: A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS

Abstract

Goal–achieving curricular are often coherent at their fundamental level. In order for a curriculum to achieve its goals, it is imperative that the curriculum is coherent at all levels. The contents presented in a curriculum must align with its theoretical underpinning. The present Malaysian English language curriculum is developed and designed based on the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Thus, the purpose of the current study was to examine if the theoretical grounding of the Malaysian form five English language curriculum, in particular the speaking curriculum, is in alignment with its communicative label. In line with its label, the speaking curriculum embedded in the Malaysian form five English language curriculum should be developed and designed based on the CLT. It should reflect the CLT approach. The data for this study were collected from the Form Five English Language Curriculum Specifications document and the Form Five English Language textbook. In analyzing the alignment of the Malaysian form five English language speaking curriculum with the communicative approach, the data were categorized under major second language acquisition (SLA) theories and second language (L2) speaking theories. The findings show that the socio-cognitive and socio-cultural theories are highly reflected in the Malaysian form five English Language speaking curriculum, the two theories which are closely related to the communicative approach. This shows that the Malaysian form five English language speaking curriculum is primarily in alignment with its communicative label. The findings are discussed in relation to their implications on English as a foreign language (EFL) speaking instruction.

Keywords

Communicative Language Teaching,L2 speaking theories,English language speaking curriculum

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Hazleena Baharun

Harison Mohd Sidek

Noor Saazai Mat Saad

Mohd Muzhafar Mohd Idrus

Haliza Harun

Ramiaida Darmi

Norhana Abdullah

Zarina Ashikin Zakaria

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December 9, 2016

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January 25, 2017

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Baharun H, Sidek HM, Mat Saad NS, Mohd Idrus MM, Harun H, Darmi R, Abdullah N, Zakaria ZA (December 1, 2016) THE MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL EFL SPEAKING CURRICULUM: A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS. IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education 2 6 465–474.

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