The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world has now changed the current situation, especially the education sector. Physical learning had to switch to online learning due to the Movement Control Order (MCO). Online home teaching and learning has replaced face-to-face learning. Thus, this study was conducted to identify the attitudes and motivation of primary school students learning Malay Language online during the MCO. A total of 110 Year 5 students in a national school in Batu Berendam, Melaka, Malaysia were selected as respondents using purposive random sampling method. The study used a questionnaire instrument that contained 20 items and was divided into two constructs, namely attitude and motivation. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the questionnaire data. The findings indicate that primary school students have a positive attitude and high motivation for learning Malay Language online during MCO. Other findings include gender and socio-economic factors do not influence the attitudes and motivation of students to learn Malay Language online learning.
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To Cite this Article: Mahamod, Z., Mahad, I., Magesvaran, U., & Hamzah, I. N. S. (2022). Attitude and Motivation Primary School Student toward the Malay Language Online Learning During Move Control Order. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(6), 1806– 1820.
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