JOY OF LEARNING OF MALAY VOCABULARY USING UNIQUE VOCABULARY APP: SINGAPORE EXPEREINCE
In the 21st Century, students are more enthuse to explore and enhane their learning using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Learning aproaches that utilise ICT usually motivate learners to participate actively is learning amongst students. This paper explains the experience of Singapore leveraging on ICT in Malay language (ML) teaching and learning in particular in the learning of ML vocabulary. Students like the element of games in learning. For this purposes, Malay Language Centre of Singapore (MLCS) developed Bitara Kata or Unique Vocabulary App to motivate learners in the learning of ML vocabulary. Five schoools and 89 students were involved in the trialling of the App to investigae the effectiveness of the App in enhancing the learning of ML vocabulary among students. The findings of the trialling showed that students’ vocabulary increased. Students could learn and assess the App anytime and anywhere according to students’ pace of learning and comforts. This App be accessed and downloaded for free by students, teachers, parents and anyone. Thus far, the App has been downloaded more than 15,500 users from all over the world.