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The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students’ Language Proficiency

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  • Jayakaran Mukundan
  • Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati
  • Vahid Nimehchisalem

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Intensive English programs are courses in which students participate in a higher number of classes in a shorter period. The available literature on intensive English courses indicates inconsistent results necessitating further research in this area. This study investigated the effect of an intensive English program on a group of Malaysian Secondary School students (n=30) following a single group quasi-experimental design. Paired samples t-test was used to analyze the students’ scores before and after the treatment that lasted four weeks. The results indicated that the students scored significantly higher (p= .000 <.05) at post-test. The study has useful implications for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers, researchers, and curriculum developers. Further research is required before the findings of the study can be generalized.

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  • Jayakaran Mukundan & Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati & Vahid Nimehchisalem, 2012. "The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students’ Language Proficiency," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 5(11), pages 1-1, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:5:y:2012:i:11:p:1
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    1. Shih-ping Wang & Yih-Lan Chen & Wen-Ta Tseng, 2023. "Multimodal Instruction and Mentor-Tutoring in an Intensive English Program," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, October.

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