English Language In Malaysian Education System

In 2003 the government introduced a policy of using english as the language of instruction for science and mathematics.

English language in malaysian education system. Language education in malaysia from then reveals the steady decrease in access and exposure to the english language as two types of public primary schools in malaysia were established with the policy the national schools and the national type schools. Bahasa melayu is the primary language of instruction in malaysian public schools. The malaysian education system toward bahasa malaysia as the language of instruction. English is taught as a second language in both primary and secondary schools.

In malaysia a bilingual education policy is employed in which the national language is the malay language while english on the other hand is the additional language or l2 darmi albion 2013. The english language education reform in malaysia. We are not saying that we should give up on learning our national language but we should think from the practicality perspective. This article sets out to give a historical account of english language education programs in malaysia as a foundation for understanding the existence of english language in malaysia and its importance to malaysian learners.

The roadmap 2015 2025 is a 10 year reform plan to improve english language education in malaysia. In malaysia the education system is too academic focus. Since 1974 communicative language teaching has been proposed for the english language syllabus and it is an approach to engage learners in interaction and meaningful. There is a need to communicate in a common language across the globe english.

And jeon ellis debski and wiggleswort 2005 define the l2 classroom as a.