THE COMPARISON OF GENERIC SKILLS AMONG THE MALAY LANGUAGE OPTION STUDENTS FROM A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA

Abstract

This research was carried out to study the comparison of generic skills among the Malay language option students from a Public Institution of Higher Education (PIoHE) and Teacher Training Institute of Malaysia (TTIoM). Three generic skills were used to make the comparison, namely the skills of communication, leadership and group work. A total of 127 students were selected as research participants. From this number, 77 were from the PIoHE and 50 from the TTIoM. The Malaysian Generic Skills Instrument (MyGSI) instrument was used to measure the generic skills among the participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage and mean. The findings indicated a higher rate of regularity of the three generic skills among the PIoHE students than the TTIoM students.
Keywords: comparative study, generic skills, malay language, Public Institution Of Higher
Education, Teacher Training Institute of Malaysia