FACULTY OF EDUCATION TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

BILINGUALISM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The following is a Language Background Information (LBI). It has been designed to determine the degree of bilingualism . There are no right or wrong answers to each question. However, as you answer each question, form your answers with regard to your general attitudes and feelings towards the situation given. A) TICK (/) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED TO INDICATE YOUR RESPONSES Gender Male Female CGPA 2.00-2.44 2.45-2.99 3.00-3.74 3.75-4.00 GPA for English Subject 2.00-2.44 2.45-2.99 3.00-3.74 3.75-4.00

B) TICK (/) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED TO INDICATE YOUR RESPONSES BY USING THE FOLLOWING RATING SCALE 1:MALAY ONLY I 2: MALAY > ENGLISH I 3: MALAY=ENGLISH I ENGLISH > MALAY I 5: ENGLISH ONLY NUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 STATEMENT When speak to an older family, I am using When speak to a younger family, I am using When speak to a friend outside the classroom, I am using When speak to a friend inside the classroom, I am using When speak to a teacher, I am using When speak to a school staff, I am using When speak to a neighbour, I am using When an older family speaks to me, he/she uses When a younger family speaks to me, he/she uses Outside the classroom, when a friend speaks to me, he/she uses Inside the classroom, when a friend speaks to me, he/she uses When a teacher speaks to me, he/she uses When a school staff speaks to me, he/she uses When a neighbour speaks to me, he/she uses When watching television or videos, I am using When shopping, I am using When reading newspaper, I am using When reading a comic or magazine, I am using When listening to a record cassette and CDs, I am using When I want to post a status or leave a comment in Facebook, Twitter, etc, I am using 4:

num gender cgpa gpa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 1 F 4 2 2 F 3 3 3 F 2 3 4 F 2 3 5 F 2 4 6 F 4 4 7 F 4 3 8 F 2 1 9 F 1 3 10 F 3 3 11 F 2 3 12 F 3 2 13 F 1 2 14 F 3 2 15 F 2 3 16 F 3 2 17 F 1 2 18 F 2 2 19 F 2 2 20 M 3 3 21 M 3 2 22 M 3 2 23 M 3 3 24 M 2 3 25 M 2 1 26 M 1 4 27 M 3 2 28 M 2 2 29 M 2 2 30 M 2

1 2 3 4 2.00-2.24 2.25-2.99 3.00-3.74 3.75-4.00