Improving International Working Language of Academicians: Mentor - Mentees’ Reflections
| Autor: | Hafizah Latif, Sharifah Zurina Syed Kamarulzaman, Mohamed Amin Embi, Noraini Mohd Yusof, Zarina Othman, Hassan Basri, Tan Kim Hua, Salleh Amat, Afendi Hamat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry competence mentoring Professional development English language Working language english language Academicians Content analysis Pedagogy Mathematics education General Materials Science Action research business Competence (human resources) professional development |
| Zdroj: | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 59:237-243 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.270 |
| Popis: | The emergence of mentoring as a professional development strategy has not been given due attention in the context of enhancing English Language competence amongst academicians who are non native speakers. This paper focuses on the intervention method adopted in an action research to pilot an investigation the effectiveness of mentoring system as a strategy to enhance the competency of lecturers involved in this project. All mentees and mentors are asked to write a reflection of the programme focussing on the three main components that comprise of i) meet up session ii) e-mentor iii) emails. This paper puts forth the reflections of a sampled of mentor-mentees’ reflection whose reflections are analysed based on a content analysis approach. The responses are thematically coded and categorised. The mentor-mentees’ reflections on the approach are analysed to investigate the effects of such an intervention for this action research. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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