Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives

Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language...

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Main Authors:	Othman, Khairiah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan
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Language:	English English
Published:	IDOSI Publication 2013
Subjects:	LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) PE English
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spelling	iium-303822020-03-17T09:20:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/ Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives Othman, Khairiah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Mat Daud, Nuraihan LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) PE English Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language dictionary. The study employs a qualitative method using document analysis and group discussions. The subjects are 21 Muslim postgraduate students pursuing Master degree in English language studies in an Islamic institution. The findings indicated that the students were aware that certain words have a different meaning in the Islamic context. IDOSI Publication 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/1/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30382/2/30382_Islamic%20definitions%20of%20selected%20English%20words_SCOPUS.pdf Othman, Khairiah and Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah and Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2013) Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Special Issue 4). pp. 95-101. ISSN 1818-4952 http://idosi.org/wasj/wasj21(SLTL)13/12.pdf 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.sltl.2142
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spellingShingle	LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) PE English Othman, Khairiah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Mat Daud, Nuraihan Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
description	Dictionaries are designed to meet the needs of their users. The presence of dictionaries that address the varieties of English reflects the diversity in language use. The purpose of this study is to investigate Muslim students’ perspectives of the definitions of selected words in an English language dictionary. The study employs a qualitative method using document analysis and group discussions. The subjects are 21 Muslim postgraduate students pursuing Master degree in English language studies in an Islamic institution. The findings indicated that the students were aware that certain words have a different meaning in the Islamic context.
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author	Othman, Khairiah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_facet	Othman, Khairiah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Muhamad, Ainon Jariah Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_sort	Othman, Khairiah
title	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_short	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_full	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_fullStr	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_full_unstemmed	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives
title_sort	islamic definitions of selected english words in an english dictionary: students’ perspectives
publisher	IDOSI Publication
publishDate	2013
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Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives

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