TY  - JOUR
T1  - Batek Hep’ Language: The Female’s Pride and Learning Exploration
AU - Suzila, T.S. Tengku Intan AU - Seong, Teo Kok AU - Yusri, M.N. Mohd 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
SP  - 1499
EP  - 1502
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2015.1499.1502
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.1499.1502
KW  - Aslian language
KW  -learning style
KW  -language pride
KW  -heritage
KW  -traditional
AB  - Language is the main medium for knowledge transfer either through paternal or maternal linkages. As egalitarians, the Batek learn through both parents by means of experience or imitation. Heritage knowledge is essential yet the Batek Hep’ language is endangered due to contact and economic crunch. As tourist guides to the Malaysian National Park in Pahang, the Batek male youths are code-mixing and switching, with only an average grasp of their native language. The female’s language is fortunately intact as some are merely necessitated to dwell at the show villages. The present research explores six conveniently sampled Batek Hep’ females’ perceptions, ages varying from early twenties to late fifties on their language pride and language learning style. Method adopted are semi-structured interviews, recorded verbal discourses and participant-observation field notes over a span of a few months through several field visits to several Batek Hep’ settlements along the Tembeling River, Pahang. Atlas ti. software assists the triangulated analysis. Findings offer the female Batek’s perceptions and suggest that to the elders are firmly devoted to their traditional culture and lifestyle, thus ensuring great language pride. Yet unfortunately, the young are keen on evolving. The findings significantly suggest that proper language learning approach is vital where contact language could be learned without neglecting the native language.
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