Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh
This study is aimed at analysing the discursive construction ofcontroversy about the medium of instruction (MOI) for schoolsin the news media discourse in Malaysia. The data were collected from two mainstream English newspapers, The Star and The New Straits Times (January 2009 – June 2010). In Ma...
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| description | This study is aimed at analysing the discursive construction ofcontroversy about
the medium of instruction (MOI) for schoolsin the news media discourse in
Malaysia. The data were collected from two mainstream English newspapers, The
Star and The New Straits Times (January 2009 – June 2010). In Malaysia, national
schools at the primary and secondary levels; and vernacular (Chinese and Tamil)
schools at the primary level use English, instead of the national language, Bahasa
Malaysia (BM), to teach Mathematics and Science, upon a directive issued by the
Education Ministry in 2003. The policy is popularly known as PPSMI
(PengajarandanPembelajaranSainsdanMatematikDalamBahasaInggeris, tr.,
Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English). However, in 2009, the
Ministry decided to reverse the PPSMI policy and revert to BMas the medium of
instruction. The reversal of the policy was discussed widely including in the space
of the media. This study looked into how the English print media, specially, the
two mainstream newspapers, The Star and The New Straits Time, covered the
issue through the genres of news reports, editorials and opinion editorials. More
specifically, the study aimed at analysing how different individuals and pressure
groups in the country co-constructed and negotiated the issue as their voices were
mediated by the columns of the editorials or news reporters. The analysis
involved an exploration of the contents, linguistic means of realization (i.e.,
description of linguistic items and interpretation of the linguistic items), and an
analysis of the stances based on the discourse-historical approach
(DHA)constructed by Reisigl and Wodak(2001),Wodak et al. (2001), Wodak
(2009) within the paradigm of critical discourse analysis (CDA) which involved
national language, culture, constitution and education in Malaysia. The analysis
shows that the authors of the texts used ‘selective’ mention of individuals and
authorities, which ultimately facilitated a particular reading of the texts. |
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| spelling | um-40042013-08-22T08:22:28Z Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh Amjad Raji, Jusoh P Philology. Linguistics This study is aimed at analysing the discursive construction ofcontroversy about the medium of instruction (MOI) for schoolsin the news media discourse in Malaysia. The data were collected from two mainstream English newspapers, The Star and The New Straits Times (January 2009 – June 2010). In Malaysia, national schools at the primary and secondary levels; and vernacular (Chinese and Tamil) schools at the primary level use English, instead of the national language, Bahasa Malaysia (BM), to teach Mathematics and Science, upon a directive issued by the Education Ministry in 2003. The policy is popularly known as PPSMI (PengajarandanPembelajaranSainsdanMatematikDalamBahasaInggeris, tr., Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English). However, in 2009, the Ministry decided to reverse the PPSMI policy and revert to BMas the medium of instruction. The reversal of the policy was discussed widely including in the space of the media. This study looked into how the English print media, specially, the two mainstream newspapers, The Star and The New Straits Time, covered the issue through the genres of news reports, editorials and opinion editorials. More specifically, the study aimed at analysing how different individuals and pressure groups in the country co-constructed and negotiated the issue as their voices were mediated by the columns of the editorials or news reporters. The analysis involved an exploration of the contents, linguistic means of realization (i.e., description of linguistic items and interpretation of the linguistic items), and an analysis of the stances based on the discourse-historical approach (DHA)constructed by Reisigl and Wodak(2001),Wodak et al. (2001), Wodak (2009) within the paradigm of critical discourse analysis (CDA) which involved national language, culture, constitution and education in Malaysia. The analysis shows that the authors of the texts used ‘selective’ mention of individuals and authorities, which ultimately facilitated a particular reading of the texts. 2012 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4004/1/Title_page%2C_abstract%2C_content.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4004/2/Full_chapters.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4004/3/references.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4004/4/appendices.pdf http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Representation+of+the+views+of+individual+authorities+and+pressure+groups+on+PPSMI+in+Malaysian+English+newspapers&te= Amjad Raji, Jusoh (2012) Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/4004/ |
| spellingShingle | P Philology. Linguistics Amjad Raji, Jusoh Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title | Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title_full | Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title_fullStr | Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title_short | Representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on PPSMI in Malaysian English newspapers / Amjad Raji bin Jusoh |
| title_sort | representation of the views of individual authorities and pressure groups on ppsmi in malaysian english newspapers / amjad raji bin jusoh |
| topic | P Philology. Linguistics |
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