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School of Liberal Studies

(UKM Pusat Pengajian Citra Universiti)

CITRA UKM

The Malay Language Course​

The Malay language course is offered to International Postgraduate and Undergraduate students
and is required to PASS to meet the graduation requirements.

This course is offered to international postgraduate students. It aims to enable students to acquire the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the context of everyday use of the Malay language. This course adopts an interactive learning approach, tutorial, self learning and participation in a language programme.

Basic Reading

Kamarul Afendey Hamimi. 2015. Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi. Selangor: Oxford Fajar.

Malay Phrase Book & Dictionary. 2014. Edisi Keenam. UK: Berlitz Language.

Othman Puteh, Talib Abdullah & L. Shirley. 2014. Kamus Bergambar Generasi Baharu BM-BI-BC. Edisi Kelapan. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford Fajar

Susan Keeney. 2014. Malay Pharase book & Dictionary. US: Lonely Planet.

Thomas G.oey. 2012. Everyday Malay: Phrase Book & Dictionary. Edisi Kedua. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions

Zarina Othman, Roosfa Hashim & Rusdi Abdullah (pnyt). 2015. Modul Komunikasi Bahasa Melayu Antarabangsa. Bangi Selangor: Penerbit UKM.

This course is offered to all international postgraduate students from Nusantara. This course is also offered to those students with similar proficiency from outside of Nusantara. It aims to train students to acquire the verbal, written and communication skills using good and correct Malay language to use. Students will be coached to use Malay language appropriately according to Malaysian context and situation to provide critical information comments, interpretations and opinions based on various resources. Students are also given basic training in writing formal letters and reports. This course adopts an interactive learning approach, tutorials, self-learning and participation in a social service activity.

Basic Reading

Asmah Haji Omar.  Penggunaan Bahasa Dalam Surat Rasmi Bahasa Dalam Komunikasi.  2016. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Lee Lai Foon dan Raja Masittah Raja Ariffin.  2016. Petunjuk Bahasa.  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Modul Asas Tatabahasa dan Asas Penulisan Dokumen Rasmi.  2016.  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Nik Safiah Karim, Farid M. Onn, Hashim Haji Musa & Abdul Hamid Mahmood.  2016. Tatabahasa Dewan Edisi Baharu.  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Rusdi Abdullah.  2016. Kamus Kata Bahasa Melayu Malaysia - Bahasa Indonesia.  Bangi: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Zulkifli Mohd Top.  2017. Menajamkan Tatabahasa.  Kuala Lumpur:  Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

This course is offered to international undergraduate students. This course trains students to communicate in basic Malay language in  daily  situations. Students will be introduced to speak and write in Malay language. Teaching and learning will be conducted in the form of lectures, tutorials and learning experiences inside and outside classroom. At the end of this course, students should be able to communicate and write effectively using simple sentences with correct grammar in Malay language.

Basic Reading

Mat Zaid Hussein, Samsur Rijal Yahaya, Ahmad Sabri Abdul Samad, Norizah Hassan dan Norfaizal Jamain. 2018. Efektif Bahasa Melayu Asas Kuala Lumpur : Universiti Malaya.

Zulkifli Mohd Top.2017. Menajamkan Tatabahasa. Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Norliza Jamaluddin. 2015. Perlakuan Kata Sifat Berasaskan Data Korpus Berkomputer. Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Napisah Mohamad. 2014. Siri kemahiran Berbahasa  : Proses Penerbitan Ayat. Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Zarina Othman, Roosfa Hashim & Rusdi Abdullah. 2012. Modul Komunikasi Pelajar Prasiswazah Antarabangsa. Penerbit UKM.