Malaysia's Vision is for the country to become a fully developed nation by 2020. In order to compete at international level, the country needs to produce future workers who are well-versed in English. The National Philosophy of Education aims to produce holistic graduates who excel academically and have better intercultural understanding, which resulted in the re-introduction of literature into the curriculum. In addition, English is also used as the medium of instruction for teaching science and mathematics. In 2000, literature became a part of the English syllabus when the Literature in English Component was implemented in secondary schools. This paper aims to discuss students' attitudes towards the texts used in the program, the challenges faced in reading these texts and the type of texts students prefer to read. It also discusses the teaching strategies used in class, their effectiveness as well as the methods favoured by students. The study was carried out in two schools in Kemaman, Terengganu involving 110 Form Five students. Questionnaire and interview were used as the research instrument. Findings suggested that students generally had positive attitudes towards the text selection although they were less enthusiastic about the teaching methods used by teachers.

The article explores the use of technology in EFL classes to promote communicative competence. It elucidates communicative competence and explicates obstructions in communicative tasks. Moreover, it interprets the use of technology in fostering and supporting the development of communicative competence and explains how it is pragmatic in maintaining learners' level of motivation and interest in learning a foreign language. The present article identifies the significance and use of mobile phone, camera, computer and internet, tape recorder, projector, and language labs in EFL classes. Besides, it discusses the use of technology as an educational tool in language teaching and learning.

Abstract-This paper discusses a study which explored a method of integrating literature in English Language proficiency courses at University technology Mara, (UiTM) Terengganu, Malaysia. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on two intact groups; the control and experimental groups respectively. Both groups underwent a eight week experiment whereby one short story, The Burden of Sin by S. Karthigesu was taught to the control group using the routine reading and comprehension teaching approach while the experimental group was taught using the reader response approach adapting Ibsen's The I Model text exploration and literary devices. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted on the data using two nonparametric tests: the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to determine the significance difference between the pretest and posttest scores; and the Mann-Whitney U test to determine the significant difference between the scores of the experimental and control groups. The results proved to be substantially significant; that by integrating literature in the language curricula, students can learn the four skills -listening, speaking, reading and writing-more effectively because of the literary promoting cultural, higher-order thinking and motivational benefits that fortify it.Index Terms-English Language teaching, essay writing, experimental study, literature based language instruction

The progression of technology has influenced language greatly. The technology of SMS in mobile phones is beginning to bring about some changes in the English language as far as the informal language is concerned. Thus, this research is a study of the creative strategies of abbreviations that are found in the SMS column that is printed in The Star newspaper. This study looks into randomly selected SMS texts that are published in the newspaper and the research intends to look into creative abbreviation strategies in the SMS texts. The findings show that although The Star publishes its print in Standard English, in order to be at par with the latest technology, the newspaper has allowed the use of abbreviations in the SMS column for its readers to share their views

The paper presents the various attitudes and seeking information by the users of engineering college libraries. Analysis shows that faculty and students have been shown more affection to formal collection in libraries. The present study is to highlight the study of users attitude to electronic information resources with reference to Engineering College Libraries in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. This study analyzes the search engine, frequency of using e-resources, and level of satisfaction. The study is based on questionnaire method. A questionnaire was distributed among the faculty members and students to collect desired data. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to the selected sample of Library users and 188 (94 %) valid samples were collected. The studies found that majority of respondents use (32.98%) e-resources for getting academic information and 67 respondents are satisfied with e-resources.