Teaching Mathematics in a Second Language : Malaysian Primary Schools

ISBN-13: 9783659259128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 260 str.

Ahmad Sabry Othman

Opis

This book describes the situation in Malaysian primary school whereby English was used for teaching and learning for Mathematics.This senerio was challanging for both, teachers and students because English is not their first language. The researcher used classroom observations and stimulus recalled interview sessions in collecting data from 4 Mathematics teachers in Malaysian primary schools. The findings of this research suggested that teaching of Mathematics can be done in a second language provided teachers are supported with continuous training on language-related teaching strategies.

O autorze

Othman, Ahmad SabryDr. Ahmad Sabry Othman is now working as Head of R & D Department at Kota Bharu Teacher Training Institute, Kelantan, Malaysia. This is part of his PhD thesis at Otago University, New Zealand which focus on the use of second language to teach mathematics. His interests are in ESL teaching, HRD and qualitative research.