tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057810403386075903.post771701770086121575..comments2009-07-26T00:54:44.926+08:00wan hafizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212935632209834850noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057810403386075903.post-43789930782694177972009-07-26T00:54:44.926+08:002009-07-26T00:54:44.926+08:00Philip Lee: Sorry for the late reply on your comment. First of all welcome to <a href="http://www.wanhafiz.com/" rel="nofollow">wanhafiz.com</a> <br /><br />Quite interesting bout your child. And she will thank you when she&#39;s growing up as she will can speak multilanguages which is so important nowadays globally.<br /><br />I think PPSMI, whether in English or Malay/Mandarin/Tamil is not an issue. But the issue is bout our education&#39;s quality.<br /><br />Sad to say, if we continue the teaching in our own native languages, do we have adequate translation for books/terms from English to our languages. I dont think so this issue is being highlighted. And it still cant be solved.<br /><br />Hopefully, the relevant parties could do something bout this. Hopefully.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wanhafiz.com/" rel="nofollow">wanhafiz.com</a>wan hafizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212935632209834850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057810403386075903.post-5916376789235078092009-07-13T00:08:02.705+08:002009-07-13T00:08:02.705+08:00Meryl: <br />yeah, English is currently a lingua franca. Even, i would like to say it&#39;s a backward (from English to Malay), at least the government promise to improve the quality of students&#39; English. And honestly, it&#39;s a relief for me, as we want <br />or not, we have to admit that English is a lingua franca and the language is important globally nowadays.wan hafizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212935632209834850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057810403386075903.post-68239381082495395922009-07-11T17:25:36.513+08:002009-07-11T17:25:36.513+08:00My daughter is less than 2 years old and she can understand both English and Japanese, and later will introduce Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese.<br /><br /><a href="http://daddyparentingtips.blogspot.com/2009/07/tip-161-reading-in-both-languages.html" rel="nofollow">http://daddyparentingtips.blogspot.com/2009/07/tip-161-reading-in-both-languages.html</a><br /><br />I can&#39;t see why we cannot take 1 step forward to integrate the BM textbooks few years back with the current English science and maths text books. Its a lot of effort, but why move backward instead of forward. We can allow students to use either English or BM to answer in the exams as long as the maths and science principles are correct.<br /><br />Some good will surely come out of the dialectics at work between both languages instead of choosing either one. We need new advancements. We need Malaysia Boleh. Not some power struggle between languages.<br /><br />When will Malaysia advance and not hold on to race and language as stumbling blocks but embrace our differences as advantages?Philip Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06858719802041921980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057810403386075903.post-67985566185887529582009-07-10T05:57:44.758+08:002009-07-10T05:57:44.758+08:00i think this is a great news since English is the major language in the world.<br /><br />thanks for the visit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mymeryl.com" rel="nofollow">meryl</a>Meryl (proud pinay)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00974422491780371672noreply@blogger.com