Information and Communication Technology Application On Learning Bahasa Melayu among Foreign Students MAIMUN AQSHA LUBIS, MOHAMED AMIN EMBI, ISMAIL SUARDI WEKKE, KAMARULZAMAN ABDUL GHANI, SABARIAH SULAIMAN Faculty of Education Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi Selangor MALAYSIA E-mail: draqsha@gmail.com,m.amin@ukm.my,iswekke@gmail.com,qamar68@ukm.my,sabareya7@yahoo.com Abstract: - One of the aspiring conceptions in education is the information and communication technology (ICT) approach. Studies have proven no ambiguity in applying ICT in the learning Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language). Hence, it can enhance students’ self-possessed Malay language proficiency. The focus of this study is to explore the usage of ICT as one of the core elements of educations and to determine the implementation of ICT in learning as purpose to improve students’ skills and performance. Forecast the students’ innovative ways in learning Malay language using internet as one of tools. The research was conducted in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). A qualitative method was chosen as research methodology. Data was collected by series of interviews and non participant observations from Indonesian students. This group were studying Malay language during semester II of 2009/2010. Result showed that students’ learning styles significantly influence language skills. The processes on learning through internet, pointed out that it helps students to learn Malay language. Enrichments of web based learning tools in the internet helped to improve students’ ability to master Malay language. Finally, internet extended learning processes and knowledge of the subject and the same time improved their proficiency in the language. Key-Words: - Information and Communication Technology, students’ learning styles, students’ skills and performance, Bahasa Melayu (Malay language), foreign students 1 Introduction The uses of ICT will enable to facilitate the intercommunication of teachers and students; there will be an extension of communities of users hooked to wider thematic areas. The main idea is that it is a duty for educators, local students and the community to use a foreign language and help others become reasonably good users of this Malay language. ICT application in languages may bring contributions of language departments to teacher development and may become handy to foreign students. It is a must in collaboration among the institution departments to carry our common processes in finding a good way to incorporate more and more teachers into collaboration with the development of Malay language among foreign students. ICT provide the language teacher a relatively safe environment (provided the teacher "feels" confident with the media), but also a strongly realistic use of language, thus providing a reason to learn. There is little doubt that language teachers, need to focus on the use of language, and ICT make it easy to practise. Realizing the use of internet as a didactic tool, it can bring a sense of reality and also contributes to facilitate learners be less dependent, fostering their autonomy. Of course this has created an intense demand on the teacher to be selective (to tell the trees from the forest) and to adapt the wide variety of resources at hand to the variety of students. The presence of a virtual environment proves to be meaningful. It is clear that the concept of meaningfulness has two main sides: (1) meaningfulness in terms of teachers’ curricular demands/aspirations and (2) would be students’ interests and expectations. Linguistic technology needs to develop items which are adaptable to classroom environments. The same can be applied to the software to be used to Advances in E-Activities, Information Security and Privacy ISBN: 978-960-474-258-5 13