The mastery of English language among lower secondary school students in Malaysia: A linguistic analysis

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-119

  Jalaluddin, Nor Hashimah ^a   Awal, Norsimah Mat ^a   Bakar, Kesumawati Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Linguistics; Malay language; Morphology; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249156995     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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