Letters
by Mrs. Sheela R
Dear Mr. Lim,
The government has promised concrete measures in improving the standard of English taught to Malaysian schoolchildren, with the demise of the PPSMI. (“Teaching of maths and science in English”) .
As a mother of three schoolgoing children, I have serious misgivings that the government is sincere in its endeavour.
To illustrate further, I would like to produce an extract from a Year 4 primary school English textbook used in Singapore (which incidentally was used by my son in his Malaysian school as a supplementary text, at the equivalent grade level): Continue reading “Questionable measures taken to improve the standard of English amongst Malaysian schoolchildren”