KUALA LUMPUR — Reports of Malaysian students with poor English and graduates unable to land jobs due to poor speaking skills in the language are by now familiar. But what about the teachers, whose ...
COMMENT | There is a common misconception that Malaysian English is an “improper” adaptation of the English language, causing problems in communication, especially with native English speakers. In ...
In the rollercoaster ride of “To English or not to English?”, the Malaysian government seem to be leaning on the side of prioritizing the English Language again. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin ...
It is true that English writings have made phenomenal advances in many of the postcolonial societies in the last fifty odd years, so much so that Salman Rushdie made the controversial claim that ...
While Malaysia generally stays under the radar, it is one of Asia’s most friendly and tolerant countries where its three major ethnic communities live mostly in harmony. As a newly minted resident of ...