Learning English in Bahasa Melayu
Well as I said earlier, teaching Maths and Science in English will not improve the level of English but it is the easiest way to make students used to English without all the grammar hindrance. It is about making them used to English and to force them to voluntarily speak English.
Teaching Maths and Science in English will actually do very little in improving the level of English itself, however this is a great vision of the great man.
The great man, Tun Dr. Mahathir had done everything in order to provoke the Malaysians and Malays in particular for the only reason of wanting to make us more competitive.
Teaching Maths and Science in English if not one of his masterpieces, still it is a wonderful parting gift for us.
Teaching Maths and Science in English will not help cure the problem of bad England amongst Malaysians and the Malays in particular. Maths is about formulas and Science representing lots of concepts. It will not help you master your grammar nor did it help your to make a better sentence in English.
2+2=4. Whether you understand English or not, all Malaysians who had attended pre school will know the answer on their first day at year one.
Perhaps because it is about concept and it is better to teach concept in the natives mother tongue language? And the world libraries is full of reference books in Bahasa Malaysia! Yes, our Maths and Sciences professor has written trillions of pages of books in Bahasa Malaysia.
Read more at: http://kickdefella.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/learning-english-in-bahasa-melayu/
