Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia
This paper examines the recent changes to the Malaysian linguistic situation that had grave implications for the modifying of the language use in education. It discusses the status of English in pre- and early independent years and how language was revolutionised and replaced due to the widespread c...
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| author | Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Talif, Rosli Mohd Jan, Jariah |
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| description | This paper examines the recent changes to the Malaysian linguistic situation that had grave implications for the modifying of the language use in education. It discusses the status of English in pre- and early independent years and how language was revolutionised and replaced due to the widespread communicative use of Bahasa Melayu. Issues that underlie teacher apprehension as a result of the policy change and their language preferences are also highlighted. Investigating and understanding their apprehensions will help policy makers understand the impinging forces that have an impact on any policy innovation. |
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| spelling | upm-243702018-01-17T05:08:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24370/ Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Talif, Rosli Mohd Jan, Jariah This paper examines the recent changes to the Malaysian linguistic situation that had grave implications for the modifying of the language use in education. It discusses the status of English in pre- and early independent years and how language was revolutionised and replaced due to the widespread communicative use of Bahasa Melayu. Issues that underlie teacher apprehension as a result of the policy change and their language preferences are also highlighted. Investigating and understanding their apprehensions will help policy makers understand the impinging forces that have an impact on any policy innovation. Malaysian Association of Modern Languages 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24370/1/Flowers%20in%20the%20garden%20a%20glance%20on%20multilingualism%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah and Talif, Rosli and Mohd Jan, Jariah (2012) Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 1. pp. 45-51. ISSN 2231-8593; ESSN: 2289-8212 http://www.journals.mymla.org/index.php/MJLL/article/view/5 |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Talif, Rosli Mohd Jan, Jariah Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title | Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title_full | Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title_short | Flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in Malaysia |
| title_sort | flowers in the garden: a glance on multilingualism in malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24370/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24370/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24370/1/Flowers%20in%20the%20garden%20a%20glance%20on%20multilingualism%20in%20Malaysia.pdf |