GGGE 1153 COMPUTER IN EDUCATION

LANGUAGE ISSUE
IN MALAYSIA

EDUCATION SYSTEM
PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY GROUP 8
A165517 Wan Nur Hidayah binti Zahari
A173899 Kok Zhi Qi
A182173 Mohammad Adzmin bin Mohammad Hadis
 STATEMENT
OF PROBLEM
Race split up by colonizers The vernacular-based education system
The Malays, Chinese and Indians basically lived separate lives

the four main types of language-based education in Malaya

with their own languages, cultures and religious practices and
were; English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.
the British policy regarding education perpetuated this
Each of the vernacular education systems used a different
divide.This made it easier for them to identify and manage the
medium of instruction and provided a different syllabus.
three separate socio-cultural communities.
LITERATURE REVIEW
LANGUAGE POLICY IN MALAYSIA:
THE RE-REVERSAL FROM ENGLISH TO
REVERSING DIRECTION
BAHASA MALAYSIA

SARAN KAUR GILL (SEPTEMBER 2005)

SARAN KAUR GILL (DECEMBER 2014)
After Independence in 1957, the
This chapter discusses the reasons for
government of Malaysia set out on a
the re-reversal in the medium of
program to establish Bahasa Melayu as
instruction for Science and
official language, to be used in all
Mathematics from English to Bahasa
government functions and as the medium
Malaysia in 2008.
of instruction at all levels.
 OBJECTIVES
OF THE STUDY
Compare Bilingual Monolingual

To determine that the

To compare the use of To identify that is the
use of bilingual in
language in education use of monolingual in
education system will
from primary school to education system
makes the learning
university better
process more difficult
 RESEARCH QUESTION
DURING PRIMARY SCHOOL TO UNIVERSITY
What language do your school use
before in Mathematics and Science
subjects ?
OPINION ABOUT LANGUAGE ISSUE
What language do your school use before
in Mathematics and Science subjects ?
What language do you prefer use in
education?
Do you think that our education system
should use monolingual?
What language do you think is suitable if
you agree to use monolingual in education
system ?
DATA COLLECTION
Quantitative Method Target

Google Form Among UKM

34 respondent Student
ANALYSIS OF DATA
VIA
GOOGLE FORM

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RESPONDEN DEMOGRAPHICS

AGE GENDER ETNICS

Other
 Language Used before in
Mathematics & Science

Primary Secondary
School School Pre U University

20.6%

50%
29.4%

 IS IT CHALLENGING?

Do you think that the switching of

language in education makes your
learning become more challenging?

PREFERRED LANGUAGE

From your opinion, what language do you

prefer use in education?
 MONOLINGUAL?

Do you think that our education system

should use monolingual?

SUITABLE LANGUAGE

If YES,
what language do you think is suitable?
 DISCUSSION

Majority of students used Bahasa

Students find it challenging switching
Melayu during primary, secondary, and
one language to another.
University during lesson session.

Majority of students agree Malaysia

education system should be in uniform;
monolingual.
 CONCLUSION
Research
Conclude Suggestion
Studies showed most people
Conduct future research with
agreed the practice of one
respondents from various
language in education ; preferably
demographic, to remain
Bahasa Melayu as the main
unbiased.
language.

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