MALAY LANGUAGE AMONG YUNNAN MINZU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN UKM AND USM

This study is related to the level of Malay morphological aspects of students from Yunnan Minzu University of China, who joined the Malay language studies in 2019/2020 academic session at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia. The research subjects consisted of only 16 male and female students studying in Malaysia during the study session. However, the research subjects from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia.can contribute to the research data conducted because they all gave a high commitment in this study. The research subjects were given the morphology Malay language test which aims to assess and analyze a number of errors that can be identified. Data for this study were obtained from the results of morphological tests as well as the results of questionnaires distributed to them. The analysis that has been done in the test was through the study of word groups, word concepts and word formation which are the basic knowledge in the field of morphology. Based on the results of the study that has been obtained, the researcher has displayed, discussed, analyzed and interpreted the data of the study. In addition, statistics have showed that they reach a satisfactory level only in the Malay language. The results of the study also shown that some students have managed to master the three aspects tested compared to the majority of the subjects of this study which only managed a satisfactory level. Therefore, the researcher hopes that this study has a positive impact on the research subjects in particular. In addition, this study is also important to help the Yunnan Minzu University of China increase its Malay language, especially aspects of morphology to their students.