Bracing Malaysia for a complicated world : a compilation of research by Malaysian postgraduates in New Zealand / edited by Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman and Siti Maimon Hj. Kamso.

"The papers in this volume were originally presented at the First National Postgraduate Research Colloquium (1NPRC) in Otago, New Zealand in July 2011"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references.

Malaysia at an important phase in the nation's history and the future of Malaysia in the context of a complicated world / Hasnudin bin Hamzah -- From research to publication / Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman -- Self-regulated learning strategies of Malaysian tertiary level learners learning English as a second language / Azizah Binti Mohd Zahidi -- The identification of language needs of learners of Mandarin as a foreign language at tertiary level in Malaysia / Hiang Loon Low -- Second language writing in the ESL classroom / Alice Wong Su Chu, John Everatt and Brigid McNeill -- A proposal to investigate the effectiveness of practical work at the lower secondary school level in Malaysia / Siti Shamsiah binti Sani -- Intercultural factors and their effects in Malaysians Assessment centres / Mohd Hanafiah Ahmad -- Knowledge sharing and preservation of traditional cultural expressions: the Sarawak story / Rashidah Bolhassan, Brian M. Harmer, G.E. Gorman and Jocelyn Cranefield -- Tsunami responsive architecture: the use of multi-grid coupled tsunami model programme to refine coastal architectural design strategies and decision making / Jestin Nordin and Andrew Charleson -- The effect of board independence and ownership on the association between earning response coefficient and default risk / Nor Balkish Zakaria, Tony van Zijl, Wares Karim and Bhagwan Khanna.

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