I'm disappointed with the Gov's decision which was to stop teaching Science and Maths in English and revert back to teach the 2 subjects in BM instead.
My SPM batch was the 1st to answer the question using English to answer the questions. The exam paper was in 2 languages ( the questions in Bm would be on the even numbered page and on the odd page would be the translation of it). I remembered the teachers taught us the terms in Bm and BI so we would able to answer the exam papers later.
To me,its kinda sad cos in reversing this policy of teaching Science and Maths in English is actually making BM impure.As some of u know,the scientific terms in BM are just a direct translation from BI.For an example, TEKNOLOGI=TECHNOLOGY or OKSIGEN=OXYGEN. They didn't do much to get a new word in BM. Another example,UNIVERSITY=UNIVERSITI, for this term,there is a better word for UNIVERSITY which is MENARA GADING but very few ppl uses this term. Some of the lingual purists would agree with me that this a bad move and we will suffer in the long term.
Another thing,the decision to revert or not should lie on the schools,parents and students,after all,they are the ones that are being affected the most. Schools that can implement the policy shuld be given a higher status that those schools who can't and the Gov. shuld help the latter.
Truly a sad thing to happen.
Ps: Sumtimes I don't comment on ppls' blog cos I don't trust myself with the words I use. So pls forgive me for not commenting
5 comments:
Hello Ichi!
This is the first time here, but this subject is very interesting (and discouraging :[). I wondered what was the national language of Malayasia, how all the Malaysian bloggers knew English better than Americans...it's so amazing that you guys get to learn so many important languages. that's too bad...maybe the gov will realize their regressive efforts. hopefully! :)
wat? change frm english to malay? arrggghhhh~ tats sux man !!!
this is all politic... sucks!!
they just creating another problem before they accomplish something from the previous mission...
its a waste of money time and everything that involve in the making of the mission... the sad thing is it is our money.. they just pull around with it!!!
Agreed. Not only just Science and Math, I think the education system itself should change as a whole.
It's not like they're answering an essay length of science and math. What have they got to lose?
Yeah, even our national language is screwed up. Why a Universiti when there's an Institusi Pengajian Tinggi??
Kris: welcome to my blog. The national language of Msia is Malay. Thanks for the compliment.
Leu: i know,that's why i'm sad.
Hafiz and scribbler: So true
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