Poor English a result of the system
I THINK the basic problem lies with the teachers. There is no sincere effort among them to master the language themselves in order to be able to teach with confidence.
In the 1970’s when teachers who were trained to teach in the English language had to revert to Bahasa Malaysia. I was one of them, and we took great efforts to do so. Other colleagues who could not master the language took the right step - they resigned.
As I drove to school, I would listen to “Learn a Word a Day” over the radio every day and ensured I used that word in my conversations that day. This helped me to add new words to my vocabulary.
I also requested to teach in a “weak class” (classes were streamed in those days) so that I could gain confidence in the language. I was never shy to ask my Malay colleagues for help. I improved so much that my headmistress allowed me to teach Geography and History in Bahasa Malaysia in Form 4.
Before I retired in the 1990s, I was asked to observe and report on English Language trainee teachers. Even then, I could see the deterioration in the standard from year to year.
I can only say one thing - the system is the cause for this deterioration.
PUAN CHELLA,
Kuala Lumpur.
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5 comments:
ada kemungkinan, seperti kalau British perintah malaysia, mungkin lebih maju dari pemerintahan BN, hanya pebandingan bukan mahu dijajah walaupun oleh bangsa sendiri...
yes, i do agree with puan chella. the system of our education is the fault. thanks to our so brilliantly smart education ministers who over and over again "re-engineered" the system until it has become useless.
bravo. bravo indeed. now who suffers? our future. do you live in our future? yes you do, therefore you too suffer directly, or indirectly.
-garden
Kalau puan chella nak macam tu dan suruh resign cikgu tu LEBIH baik cadang...alangkah bagusnya kalau Malaysia ni bukan malaysia tapi malayan union atau elok minta british jer yg terus jajah kita mungkin lebih maju. Yang dulu belajar dlm english sepenuhnya pun tak ada yang mampu cipta roket.
Sekadar lawak jer. APA pun aku SOKONG Kerajaan Malaysia memansuhkan PPSMI tapi masa English di sekolah mesti ditambah..
Bravo TPM, Bravo GMP.
cucu tok gajah
Sistem pendidikan negara telah banyak dirosak oleh orang-orang yang balik dari barat dengan Ph.D yang tak tentu hala. Buku ilmiah tak dapat tulis tetapi asyik tunjuk pandai di Kementerian Pendidikan. Too many cooks, spoil the broth!
angkasawan pertama negara, guna bahasa inggeris ka? bahasa rusia? tak faham bahasa dia ni...macam chedet juga..
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