TASK 3: READING FOLIO

PART 1: GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

 the political system which has led to the poor state

of education in Malaysia.
 import English native teachers to teach English in
the local schools.
 poor quality of English teachers in schools.
Causes  English teachers teach English using Bahasa
Malaysia in class.
 Without deep structural changes to the teaching and
application of English.
 The decline of English proficiency in Peninsular
Malaysia is traceable to the Razak Report in 1956,
which recommended Malay as the medium of
instruction.

 often lose out in the job market.

 unable to pursue studies in reputable universities
overseas.
 parents are losing confidence in the education
system.
Effects  “unemployability” puts a drag on the country’s
economic growth.
 fail to level the uneven playing fields and close the
income gap between the ethnic groups in this
country.
 erode academic excellence in public Universities.
 decrease the much-needed innovative skills to
handle the ever-complex enabling technologies.

 made it mandatory for students to pass English in

the middle secondary SPM examinations beginning
2016.
 Parents groups have been lobbying the government
to reintroduce the teaching and learning of Science
and Mathematics in English. (PPSMI)
Methods  need a lot of classroom work, practice and
conversations.
 parents should be given the choice to send their
children to study in English-medium public schools.
 Malaysia emulate Singapore's single-stream
education system which uses English as the medium
of instruction.