Malay language among Korean learners of media

Malay language is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the national language of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei and one of the official languages of Singapore and Southern Thailand. With this, Malay language has also been a major course in most universities in the world and one of the universities is at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea. This study focuses on the use of Malay language among Korean learners of Media. The objectives of the study were to investigate on the use of media among Korean students in understanding the Malay language and to discuss the influence of media among the students. The subjects of the study consist of 16 female and male Korean students from a class of Media and Malay Language course at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea. The subjects were to write in the blog everyday for three weeks by using the Malay language. The findings showed that blog writing had played a very important role in disseminating the use of Malay language among Korean students. The findings also found that they subjects showed confidence in writing in the Malay language. The study implicates educators and students who intend to study the Malay language. It is hoped that future research concentrates on the use of other technologies in learning the Malay language