Peer-Tutoring: An Approach to Enhance Students’ Motivation to Learn English
Tutor Rakan Sebaya: Suatu Kaedah untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Pelajar dalam Mempelajari Bahasa Inggeris
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English language has always been a challenging subject for some students in Malaysia (Normazidah Che Musa, Lie & Hazita Azman, 2012). Despite the fact that these students have learned English for almost ten years in school, they are still facing problems to learn it mostly due to language anxiety (Nur Afiqah Ab. Latif, 2015). This study was conducted to identify the effectiveness of peer-tutoring approach as one way to lower the students’ anxiety level as well as to boost their motivation in learning English language. This study was conducted in a public university in Malaysia where seventeen pre-diploma students were selected to join a ‘Mentor-mentee’ programme as the mentees while five diploma (semester three) students were chosen to be the mentors. The mentors were asked to coach the pre-diploma students in learning English language by using four interesting and interactive English games namely ‘Truth or Dare’, ‘Roll the Dice, ‘Spot the Error’ and ‘Once upon a Time’. The researchers used a google form to get responses from the participants and the results show that the peer-tutoring programme has appeared to create a more relaxed and friendly environment for the students to learn English, thus boost their motivation in learning English.
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