Assalamualaikum, hi!
For your information, this week is really,
really a tough week for me as this week is assignment and presentation week.
But, still, all praises for Allah, all of the
assignment and presentation are done successfully.
For English for Language Teacher’s subject,
we have given four tasks and Task 1 need to be done and present it within this
week.
We were
required to read and discuss how Malaysian culture affects English Language. All
of us must consider all of these factors:
a.
multicultural
society – major ethnic groups & dialect groups
b.
urban
& rural settings
c.
political/historical
influence
d.
educational
policies
In groups, we must present our answer using PPT
slides and edit them based on lecturer’s comments.
So, my lucky group got the factor of
political influence.
At first, when I first heard the factor which
my group has to do, I felt worried because the factor is quite difficult to be done
as it is theoretical and there’s got not many information about this particular
factor.
But, Alhamdulillah, my friends keep
encouraging me and guide me in doing this task.
On the next day, we went to the library to
look for relevant books about our task. But, unfortunately, we can’t found any
of it except a book about language politics in Malay language.
So, for the sake of this task, the next
alternative is we have to find the information by research through the internet.
Alhamdulillah, through the research, we
manage to find a lot of relevant information. So, when there is a will, there
is a way! It’s really giving me a lesson. Alhamdulillah. =)
Actually, the
English language is influenced by many factors, and the main factors are multicultural
society, urban and rural settings, political influence, historical influence and
educational policies.
The decision-making
in Malaysian education system is a highly centralized and bureaucratic top-down
system.
…a system of administration based
upon organization into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority,
etc.: designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner
The politics in
Malaysia especially seem to play a dominant
influence in shaping the education policies of the country. The
case of the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English (PPSMI) is an
example of the interference of politics on education.
The politics
influence on English language in Malaysia can be divided into two phases or
time lines which are politics before independence and politics after independence.
Throughout this
task, I can learn about the politics happening in Malaysia especially in the
education field. We as an English teacher in future must update all of the
events or policies happen in the education field as the policies in Malaysia
have a big influence on English language.
InsyaAllah,
hope my group’s members and I can done well as a language teacher in the future
and contribute to the beloved religion, students, community and country. Amin…
Assalamualaikum…
With love,
Liza Tiong~
